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

Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 374 pages) : illustrations 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 � 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 past� 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 Summary 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Text in English Subject Canada. Access to Information Act. SUBJECT Access to Information Act (Canada) fast Subject 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 Form Electronic book Author Walby, Kevin, 1981- Larsen, Mike, 1981- ISBN 0774823240 9780774823241 1299590640 9781299590649

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