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OverviewIs 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 accountability and the government’s culture of secrecy. Drawing together the unique perspectives of social scientists, journalists, and access to information (ATI) advocates, Brokering Access explores the history of ATI law and supplies multiple examples of its contemporary application at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. From restrictions to access of airport security data post-9/11 to censorship under the Access to Information Act to the difficulties of obtaining details on streetscape video surveillance, this book reveals the legal and bureaucratic obstacles citizens face when trying to access government information. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mike Larsen , Kevin WalbyPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780774823234ISBN 10: 0774823232 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 01 January 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsForeword / Ann Cavoukian Introduction: On the Politics of Access to Information / Mike Larsen and Kevin Walby Part 1: Access to Information, Past and Present 1 Sustaining Secrecy: Executive Branch Resistance to Access to Information in Canada / Ann Rees 2 Access Regimes: Provincial Freedom of Information Law across Canada / Gary Dickson Part 2: Behind Closed Doors -- Security and Information Control 3 Flying the Secret Skies: Difficulties in Obtaining Data on Canadian Airport Security Screening Tests Following 9/11 / Jim Bronskill 4 Access to Information in an Age of Intelligencized Governmentality / Willem de Lint and Reem Bahdi 5 Accessing Dirty Data: Methodological Strategies for Social Problems Research / Yavar Hameed and Jeff Monaghan Part 3: Access to Information and Critical Research Strategies 6 The Freedom of Information Act as a Methodological Tool: Suing the Government for Data / Matthew G. Yeager 7 “He who controls the present, controls the past”: The Canadian Security State’s Imperfect Censorship under the Access to Information Act / Steve Hewitt 8 Behind the Blue Line: Using ATI in Researching the Policing of Aboriginal Activism / Tia Dafnos 9 Accessing the State of Imprisonment in Canada: Information Barriers and Negotiation Strategies / Justin Piché 10 Accessing Information on Streetscape Video Surveillance in Canada / Sean P. Hier Part 4: Dispatches from the Fourth Estate -- Access to Information and Investigative Journalism 11 Access, Administration, and Democratic Intent / Fred Vallance-Jones 12 Access to Information: The Frustrations -- and the Hope / David McKie 13 The Quest for Electronic Data: Where Alice Meets Monty Python Meets Colonel Jessep / Jim Rankin Postscript / Suzanne Legault IndexReviews"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. - Paul G. Thomas, professor emeritus, University of Manitoba 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. - 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.<br> - Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Ontario Author InformationMike 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 Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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