Brokering access : power, politics, and freedom of information process in Canada

Brokering access : power, politics, and freedom of information process in Canada / edited by Mike Larsen and Kevin Walby.

Is the business of public officials any of the public's business? Most Canadians would argue that it is that we citizens are entitled to enquire and get answers about our government's actions. Yet, on a practical level, there still exists a struggle between the public's quest for acc...

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Other Authors: Walby, Kevin, 1981-, Larsen, Mike, 1981-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Canada. > Access to Information Act.
Access to Information Act (Canada)
Freedom of information > Canada.
Freedom of information > Political aspects > Canada.
Government information > Canada.
Official secrets > Canada.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Official secrets
Government information
Freedom of information
Canada
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Tables and Figures
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Access to Information, Past and Present
  • Part 1: Access to Information, Past and Present
  • 1 Sustaining Secrecy
  • 1 Sustaining Secrecy
  • 2 Access Regimes
  • 2 Access Regimes
  • Part 2: Behind Closed Doors â€? Security and Information Control
  • Part 2: Behind Closed Doors? Security and Information Control
  • 3 Flying the Secret Skies
  • 3 Flying the Secret Skies4 Access to Information in an Age of Intelligencized Governmentality
  • 4 Access to Information in an Age of Intelligencized Governmentality
  • 5 Accessing Dirty Data
  • 5 Accessing Dirty Data
  • Part 3: Access to Information and Critical Research Strategies
  • Part 3: Access to Information and Critical Research Strategies
  • 6 The Freedom of Information Act as a Methodological Tool
  • 6 The Freedom of Information Act as a Methodological Tool
  • 7 “He who controls the present, controls the pastâ€?
  • 7?He who controls the present, controls the past?8 Beyond the Blue Line
  • 8 Beyond the Blue Line
  • 9 Accessing the State of Imprisonment in Canada
  • 9 Accessing the State of Imprisonment in Canada
  • 10 Accessing Information on Streetscape Video Surveillance in Canada
  • 10 Accessing Information on Streetscape Video Surveillance in Canada
  • Part 4: Dispatches from the Fourth Estate
  • Part 4: Dispatches from the Fourth Estate
  • 11 Access, Administration, and Democratic Intent
  • 11 Access, Administration, and Democratic Intent
  • 12 Access to Information
  • 12 Access to Information13 The Quest for Electronic Data
  • 13 The Quest for Electronic Data
  • Postscript
  • Postscript
  • Contributors
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Index

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