[Asis-l] The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) 1(4)

[Dr. Susheel Chhabra]

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) 1(4)The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC)
Volume 1, Issue 4, October - December 2014
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 2328-5494; EISSN: 2328-5508; 
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijcescEditor(s)-in-Chief: Susheel Chhabra (Periyar Management and Computer College, India)
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.ARTICLE 1
A Civic Engagement Graduation Requirement on an Urban College Campus
Christopher Chapman (Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA)
As civic engagement is an essential part of a democratic society, many college educators believe that it should be encouraged or required of students. The survey reported here gathered information on past and present civic activities from 2,327 students at a large, very diverse urban community college. Results showed strong agreement with the proposition that the college had a responsibility to develop civically engaged students. Principal components analysis of responses revealed four distinct factors: general non-political civic engagement, and low-effort, high-effort, and unconventional political activities. Many students did not regard themselves as civically engaged yet reported extensive activity. More civically engaged students tended to be male, older, and not employed full-time. Ethnicity was related to engagement in complex ways. Students with a service-oriented program of study were expected to report more civic engagement, but evidence for this was minimal. Political party identification was a poor predictor of student responses.
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www.igi-global.com/article/a-civic-engagement-graduation-requirement-on-an-urban-college-campus/129840
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ARTICLE 2
Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country
Emmanuel Adugu (University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados), Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw (Science & Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, Ghana)
The use of the marketplace as a site for political action with social change motives is referred as political consumption. The phenomenon of political consumption has been widely studied in post-industrialized nations such as the United States of America but less is written about such social change-oriented behaviors in developing countries. This paper aims at determining the attitudinal measures of political consumption in Ghana, a developing nation in West Africa. The study is based on data collected in August 2013 from a total of 356 Ghanaians sampled from higher institutions of learning. Findings suggest that influence over government (political efficacy) is a consistent predictor of the respective attitudinal measures of political consumption. To some extent this pattern of behavior of engagement in political consumption contradicts findings in post-industrialized nations where it is consistently linked to variables such as: socio-demographics, political interest, and trust in institutions.
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www.igi-global.com/article/attitudinal-measures-of-political-consumption-as-a-form-of-civic-engagement-in-a-developing-country/129841
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ARTICLE 3
Women Artisans' Information Needs, Sources and Seeking Behaviour and the Implication for Empowerment in a Semi-Urban Area in Nigeria
M.C. Nwosu (Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria), K.N. Igwe (Department of Library and Information Science, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Nigeria), N.A. Emezie (Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria)
This study examined the information needs, sources, information-seeking behavior of women artisans and the implications for empowerment in Offa, a semi-urban area in Kwara State of Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted with questionnaire as tool for data collection, involving 210 women artisans. Findings revealed that women artisans have information needs related to their work, but with information accessibility challenges due to unavailability of accessible information sources like libraries, as well as absence of empowerment programmes from government. It further revealed that the major sources of information for most women artisans were verbal or face-to-face mode of communications. The paper concludes that women constitute a vital asset of Nigeria and are a resourceful group with a good number practicing artisanship. Therefore, there is need to develop the information consciousness of the women artisans by the provision of efficient, effective and reliable formal information delivery mechanisms to them, such as community information centres.
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www.igi-global.com/article/women-artisans-information-needs-sources-and-seeking-behaviour-and-the-implication-for-empowerment-in-a-semi-urban-area-in-nigeria/129842
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Mission of IJCESC:
The mission of the International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) is to discuss and explore value driven civic engagement practices, processes, and frameworks to bring social change for effectively managing socioeconomic resources for individuals and society. The journal promotes cutting edge research on various issues of civic engagement as an integrated platform for researchers, scholars, academic institutions, and civic society. IJCESC achieves its mission through research, exemplary cases, smart processes and competencies, development of frameworks, and collaborations, suggesting standards and benchmarks worldwide.
Coverage of IJCESC:
Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: 
Civic engagement and political reforms for developmentCivic engagement and rural developmentCivic engagement and urban developmentCivic engagement for development and social changeCivic engagement for organization developmentCivic engagement reforms and capacity buildingICTs engagement and social changeLeadership cases for civic engagementPreservation of natural resourcesPublic policy and social changeRole of administrative competencies for civic engagementSmart governance practicesSmart regulatory frameworks for civic engagementSocial accountability for individuals, government, and corporate sectorsSocial networks and collaborations for bringing social changeStandards and benchmarks for civic engagementValue-driven civic engagementWomen and child development
Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-civic-engagement-social/75851
  		 	   		  
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