Opening the Government of Canada

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.

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.

Andrea Rounce:

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.

Luc Juillet, associate professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa:
Opening the Government of Canada makes a valuable contribution to the field of public administration by showing empirically how some core principles of the Westminster/Weberian model have hindered efforts to implement digital government initiatives in Canada. It is an informative, insightful, and thought-provoking book.

Paul G. Thomas, professor emeritus, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba:
Amanda Clarke has written an excellent book that demonstrates the potential and limits of public sector communications in the digital era ... Everyone interested in the theory and practice of public sector communications will learn from reading this book.