{"product_id":"opening-the-government-of-canada-the-federal-bureaucracy-in-the-digital-age-hardback-9780774836920","title":"Opening the Government of Canada; The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age (Hardback) 9780774836920","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOpening the Government of Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmanda Clarke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774836920\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 6 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Clarke's \u003cem\u003eOpening the Government of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e provides an exceptional study of how the Canadian government has responded to external and internal pressures to integrate digital into its governing practices and structures.\u003c\/p\u003e - Andrea Rounce (Canadian Journal of Political Science) \u003cp\u003eThe more I read, the more I learned and the more I enjoyed going on a journey inside the public service as it responded to digital demands.\u003c\/p\u003e - Alex Marland (The Hill Times)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpening the Government of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e presents a compelling case for the importance of 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. Drawing on interviews with public officials and extensive analysis of government documents and social media accounts, Clarke details the untold story of the Canadian federal bureaucracy's efforts to adapt to new digital pressures from the mid-2000s onward. This book argues that the bureaucracy's tradition of closed government, fuelled by today's antagonistic political communications culture, is at odds with evolving citizen expectations and new digital policy tools, including social media, crowdsourcing, and open data. Striking a balance between reform and tradition, \u003cem\u003eOpening the Government of Canada \u003c\/em\u003econcludes with a series of pragmatic recommendations that lay out a roadmap for building a democratically robust, digital-era federal government.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Opening Government in the Digital Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Canada's Closed Government\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 #Fail: Adopting Social Media in the Government of Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Stephen Harper's Open(ish) Government Initiative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Internal Openings in the Federal Bureaucracy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 The Digital Skills Gap in the Federal Bureaucracy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 The Future of Digital Government\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Interview Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; References; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531070927128,"sku":"9780774836920","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/opening-the-government-of-canada-the-federal-bureaucracy-in-the-digital-age-hardback-9780774836920","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}