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The increased use of digital politics by citizens, groups, and governments over the last 25 years carried the promise of transforming the way politics and government was practiced. This book looks at Canadian political practice and the reality of the political process against those early promises.
List of contents
Preface: The Politics of Disruption
David Taras
Introduction: Twenty Years of Digital Politics in Canada
Tamara A. Small and Harold J. Jansen
Section I: Political Institutions 1. Digital Representation: The Normalization of Social Media into Political Offices
Alex Marland and Stephen Power
2. Digital Government and Democratic Trust: From Online Service to Outward Engagement
Jeffrey Roy
3. Open Government: Was It Just a Moment?
Justin Longo
4. Internet Voting: Strengthening Canadian Democracy or Weakening It?
Nicole Goodman and Chelsea Gabel
5. Electronic Surveillance: The Growth of Digitally-Enabled Surveillance and Atrophy of Accountability in Law Enforcement and Security Agencies
Christopher Parsons
6. Political Parties: Political Communication in the Digital Age
Tamara A. Small and Thierry Giasson
7. Digital Journalism: The Canadian Media’s Struggle for Relevance
Christopher Waddell
Section II: Political Digital Citizenship 8. Democratic Citizenship: How Do Canadians Engage with Politics Online?
Harold J. Jansen, Royce Koop, Tamara A. Small, Frederic Bastien, and Thierry Giasson
9. Young People: Politics and Digital Technologies
Allison Harell, Dietlind Stolle, Philippe Duguay, and Valérie-Anne Mahéo
10. Online Mobilization: Tweeting Truth to Power in An Era of Revised Patterns of Mobilization 2.0 in Canada
Mireille Lalancette and Vincent Raynauld
11. Digital Indigenous Politics: "there’s more than one political show in town"
Derek Antoine
12. Digital Feminism: Networks of Resistance, Neoliberalism, and New Contexts for Activism in Canada
Samantha C. Thrift
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Edited by Tamara A. Small and Harold J. Jansen
Summary
The increased use of digital politics by citizens, groups, and governments over the last 25 years carried the promise of transforming the way politics and government was practiced. This book looks at Canadian political practice and the reality of the political process against those early promises.
