Title : | Brokering Access : Power, politics, and freedom of information process in Canada | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Mike Larsen, Editor ; Kevin Walby, Editor | Publisher: | UBC Press | Publication Date: | 2012 | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7748-2322-7 | Languages : | English (eng) | Descriptors: | Activism and Community Organizing Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Legal Issues Media, Art and Culture Politics
| Keywords: | access to information privacy security power politics freedom of information government Canada airport security censorship video surveillance electronic data | Abstract: | "Access to information (ATI) is widely regarded as a fundamental democratic right. Yet in Canada there still exists a struggle between the public's quest for accountability and our government's culture of secrecy. Drawing together the perspectives of social scientists, journalists, and ATI advocates, Brokering Access explores the policies and practices surrounding access to information at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. This groundbreaking volume is the first of its kind to promote the idea that ATI should be used as a critical research strategy. It is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers, journalists, and anyone who is concerned about access to information and its effect on all Canadians." |
Brokering Access : Power, politics, and freedom of information process in Canada [printed text] / Mike Larsen, Editor ; Kevin Walby, Editor . - [S.l.] : UBC Press, 2012. ISBN : 978-0-7748-2322-7 Languages : English ( eng) |  |