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Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age (Communication, Strategy, and Politics)

Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age (Communication, Strategy, and Politics)

Current price: $107.94
Publication Date: February 15th, 2019
Publisher:
University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:
9780774836920
Pages:
312

Description

Opening the Government of Canada presents a compelling case for a more open model of governance in the digital age – but a model that also continues to uphold democratic principles at the heart of the Westminster system. Amanda Clarke details the untold story of the federal bureaucracy’s efforts to adapt to digital-age pressures from the mid-2000s onward. This book reveals the mismatch between the bureaucracy’s closed government traditions and evolving citizen expectations and digital tools. Striking a balance between reform and tradition, lays out a roadmap for building a democratically robust, digital-era federal government.

About the Author

Amanda Clarke is assistant professor and Public Affairs Research Excellence Chair in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.