Description
Opening the Government of Canada provides a vivid and compelling account of the central challenge facing governments in the digital age: abandoning their "Closed Government" traditions to become more open, networked, and collaborative.
About the Author
Amanda Clarke is an assistant professor and Public Affairs Research Excellence Chair at Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration. Prior to joining Carleton, Clarke completed a doctorate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau scholar, a Clarendon Press scholar, and as a fellow of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is published in Canadian Public Administration, Governance and Policy and Internet and is co-editor of Issues in Canadian Governance. You can find her work at www.aclarke.ca and on Twitter @ae_clarke.
Reviews
Amanda Clarke's Opening the Government of Canada 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.
-- Andrea Rounce * Canadian Journal of Political Science *The 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.
-- Alex Marland * The Hill Times *Book Information
ISBN 9780774836937
Author Amanda Clarke
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint University of British Columbia Press
Publisher University of British Columbia Press
Weight(grams) 450g