8. HCC 2008: Pretoria, South Africa

Chrisanthi Avgerou, Matthew L. Smith, Peter Van den Besselaar (Eds.): Social Dimensions of Information And Communication Technology Policy, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC 9, Pretoria, South Africa, September 25-26, 2008. IFIP 282 Springer 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-84821-1 BibTeX

Matthew L. Smith, Peter Van den Besselaar, Chrisanthi Avgerou:
Human choice and ICT policy: Introduction to the HCC8 Conference proceedings. 1-13
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Robin Mansell:
Communication, information, and ICT policy: Enabling research frameworks. 15-28
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The shaping of national and international ICT policies and their effects

Yola Georgiadou, Vincent Homburg:
The argumentative structure of spatial data infrastructure initiatives in America and Africa. 31-44
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Ioanna Chini:
ICT policy as a governance domain: The case of Greece and the European Commission. 45-62
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Dimitris Boucas:
National variations of the information society: Evidence from the Greek case. 63-79
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Tony Cornford, Diego D. Navarra:
Technology, globalisation, and governance: Research perspectives and prospects. 81-94
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Jackie Phahlamohlaka:
Globalisation and national security issues for the state: Implications for national ICT policies. 95-107
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Walter Brown, Irwin Brown:
Next generation ICT policy in South Africa: Towards a human development-based ICT policy. 109-123
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Mpostol Jeremia Mashinini:
Challenges of ICT policy for rural communities: A case study from South Africa. 125-137
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Harnessing the empowering capacity and ICT

Panayiota Tsatsou:
Digital divides and the role of policy and regulation: a qualitative study. 141-160
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Bernd Carsten Stahl:
Empowerment through ICT: A critical discourse analysis of the Egyptian ICT policy. 161-177
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Leila Hassanin:
Egyptian women artisans: ICTs are not the entry to modern markets. 179-190
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Solomon B. Bishaw:
Institutional strategies towards improving health information systems (HIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa. 191-207
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Elaine Byrne, Lizette Weilbach:
A human environmentalist approach to diffusion in ICT policies. 209-222
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Jainaba M. L. Kah, Muhammadou M. O. Kah:
ICT and socio-economic development: A university's engagement in a rural community in Yola, Nigeria. 223-239
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Roohollah Honarvar:
Lessons from a dropped ICT curriculum design project: A retrospective view. 241-252
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The shaping of the institutions of the information society

Jacques Berleur:
15 years of ways of Internet governance: Towards a new agenda for action. 255-274
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Magda Hercheui:
Governmental policies for ICT diffusion and leadership legitimacy in grassroots movements. 275-286
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Olga Morawczynski, Gianluca Miscione:
Examining trust in mobile banking transactions: The case of M-PESA in Kenya. 287-298
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Farid Shirazi:
Social networks within filtered ICT networks: A case study of the growth of internet usage within Iran. 299-317
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Kai Kimppa:
A no-IPR model as solution to reuse and understanding of information systems. 319-325
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Anouk Mukherjee:
Measuring information societies: A critical study of the Infostate framework. 327-334
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Mathias Klang:
Open access barriers: An action research. 335-348
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Panels

Gianluca Miscione, Dorothy Gordon, Kevin Johnston:
Free and Open Source Software in low-income countries: Emergent properties?. 351-355
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Kathy McGrath, Jane Hendy, Ela Klecun, Leslie P. Willcocks, Terry Young:
Evaluating "Connecting for Health": Policy implications of a UK mega-programme. 357-362
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Ineke Buskens, Gertrudes Macueve, Ibou Sane, Anne Webb:
Gender research in Africa into ICTs for empowerment (GRACE). 363-367
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