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Brokering Access
Power, Politics, and Freedom of Information Process in Canada
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Edited by:
Mike Larsen
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
About this book
A provocative, multi-perspective exploration of a basic democratic right – access to information – and how it plays out at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels.
Drawing together the perspectives of social scientists, journalists, and ATI advocates, Brokering Access explores the policies and practices surrounding access to information in Canada, highlighting the struggle between the public’s desire for transparency and the government’s culture of secrecy.
Author / Editor information
Mike Larsen is an instructor in the Criminology Department of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Kevin Walby is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Victoria.
Contributors: Reem Bahdi, Jim Bronskill, Ann Cavoukian, Tia Dafnos, Willem de Lint, Gary Dickson, Yavar Hameed, Steve Hewitt, Sean P. Hier, Suzanne Legault, David McKie, Jeffrey Monaghan, Justin Piché, Jim Rankin, Ann Rees, Fred Vallance-Jones, and Matthew G. Yeager
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Paul G. Thomas, professor emeritus, University of Manitoba:
An important and valuable volume, Brokering Access should be read not only by academics, journalists, and activists, but also by political and bureaucratic actors who are entrusted with interpreting and applying the access laws at the national and provincial level.
An important and valuable volume, Brokering Access should be read not only by academics, journalists, and activists, but also by political and bureaucratic actors who are entrusted with interpreting and applying the access laws at the national and provincial level.
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Ontario:
When freedom of information can be obstructed under false claims of national security, we all need to ask ourselves, how does this reflect upon the nature of our democracy? It is frustrating that books like this one still need to be published. But the fact that they are being published, and they are being read – and I would strongly encourage all Canadians to read this one – is a good sign.
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Access to Information, Past and Present
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Provincial Freedom of Information Law across Canada Gary Dickson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Difficulties in Obtaining Data on Canadian Airport Security Screening Tests Following 9/11 Jim Bronskill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Methodological Strategies for Social Problems Research Yavar Hameed and Jeffrey Monaghan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Access to Information and Critical Research Strategies
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Suing the Government for Data Matthew G. Yeager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The Canadian Security State’s Imperfect Censorship under the Access to Information Act Steve Hewitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Researching the Policing of Aboriginal Activism Using Access to Information Tla Dafnos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Information Barriers and Negotiation Strategies Justin Piché Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Dispatches from the Fourth Estate – Access to Information and Investigative Journalism
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The Frustrations – and the Hope David McKie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Where Alice Meets Monty Python Meets Colonel Jessep Jim Rankin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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August 10, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9780774823241
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400
eBook ISBN:
9780774823241
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Professional and scholarly;
