Social Inclusion: Societal and Organizational Implications for Information Systems: IFIP TC8 WG 8.2 International Working Conference, July 12-15, 2006, ... Federation for Information Processing)

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Social Inclusion and the Information Systems Field: Why Now?....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Information Systems Practice for Development in Africa: Results from Indehela....Pages 15-35
A Comparison of Factors Impacting ICT Growth Rates in Developing and Industrialized Countries....Pages 37-50
American Discourses of the Digital Divide and Economic Development: A Sisyphean Order to Catch Up?....Pages 51-65
Digital Inclusion Projects in Developing Countries: Value, Sustainability, and Scalability....Pages 67-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Right on Time: Understanding eGovernment in Developing Countries....Pages 73-87
Internet Voting: A Conceptual Challenge to Democracy....Pages 89-103
Engaging Youths Via E-Participation Initiatives: An Investigation into the Context of Online Policy Discussion Forums....Pages 105-121
Cybersolidarity: Internet-Based Campaigning and Trade Union Internationalism....Pages 123-135
ICT Policies as a Means to Inhibit Social Exclusion: The South African Case....Pages 137-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Inclusion Through the Ages? Gender, ICT Workplaces, and Life Stage Experiences in England....Pages 153-168
Space Invaders—Time Raiders: Gendered Technologies in Gendered UK Households....Pages 169-184
Women and ICT Training: Inclusion or Segregation in the New Economy?....Pages 185-202
Social Inclusion and the Shifting Role of Technology: Is Age the New Gender in Mobile Access?....Pages 203-215
Web Accessibility: A Digital Divide for Disabled People?....Pages 217-228
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Responsible Management of Digital Divides: An Oxymoronic Endeavor?....Pages 231-243
Privacy, Security, and Transparency: ICT-Related Ethical Perspectives and Contrasts in Contemporary Firms....Pages 245-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Developing Open Source Software: A Community-Based Analysis of Research....Pages 261-278
Understanding Meaning and Bridging Divides: The Use of an African Metaphor for the South African Open Source Center....Pages 279-293
Weblogging: Implementing Communities of Practice....Pages 295-316
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Taking People out of the Network: A Deconstruction of “Your Next IT Strategy”....Pages 317-332
Institutions, Community, and People: An Evaluation of a Longitudinal Digital Divide Experience....Pages 333-346
How (Can) Nonusers Engage with Technology: Bringing in the Digitally Excluded....Pages 347-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
To Vanquish the Social Monster: The Struggle for Social Inclusion among Peers in the Field of Systems Development....Pages 367-380
Viewing Information Technology Outsourcing Organizations Through a Postcolonial Lens....Pages 381-396
Methods as Theories: Evidence and Arguments for Theorizing on Software Development....Pages 397-411
The Corporate Digital Divide Between Smaller and Larger Firms....Pages 413-417