Administration

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Measuring Up: Constructing Accountability

Measuring Up: Constructing Accountability

From: The Cult of Efficiency

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Negotiating So Everyone Wins

Negotiating So Everyone Wins

Secrets you can use from Canada's top business, sports, labour and political negotiators

Every day, people make deals that matter. But very few of us benefit from the public scrutiny and analysis that have helped Canada’s leading negotiation experts hone their craft. Hockey … 336 View
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Netherlands: No “Disappearing” Text Messages — the Nokiagate, Assessing the growing practice of government officials relying on disappearing text messages to sidestep oversight and accountability
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Netherlands: No “Disappearing” Text Messages — the Nokiagate, Assessing the growing practice of government officials relying on disappearing text messages to sidestep oversight and accountability

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone examines the2022 Nokiagate scandal in which Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was caught deleting government text messages, and contrasts the Netherlands’ transparency … 19 $1.90 Add
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New Zealand: Open-by-Default — Assuming the Public’s Right to Access, Discovering how governments can proactively release information, adopt an open-by-default approach, and shift to transparency by design
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New Zealand: Open-by-Default — Assuming the Public’s Right to Access, Discovering how governments can proactively release information, adopt an open-by-default approach, and shift to transparency by design

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone examines New Zealand’s open-by-default transparency model, illustrated by the 2011 disclosure of Peter Thiel’s citizenship dossier. 20 $2.00 Add
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Norway: No Hiding the Past — the Public’s Overriding Right to Know, Evaluating when sensitive documents turn into historical records that no longer require confidentiality — and releasing them by default
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Norway: No Hiding the Past — the Public’s Overriding Right to Know, Evaluating when sensitive documents turn into historical records that no longer require confidentiality — and releasing them by default

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

In this chapter, Malone examines Norway’s openness-by-default declassification system, the Quisling treason archive, and Canada’s Access to Information Act. 23 $2.30 Add
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Oil-Lobby Power, Railway-Lobby Power

Oil-Lobby Power, Railway-Lobby Power

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes the rise of Stephen Harper against the backdrop of Big Oil interests. Identifies how oil lobby, backed by rail lobby, and supported by Harper pushed through additional deregulation. He … 12 $1.20 Add
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Part I
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Part I

Politics and People: Cases in Council-Staff Relations

From: Local Government in Practice

This first chapter considers the relationship between staff and elected officials, and discusses the uniqueness of local governance and politics. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Cases in Finances

From: Local Government in Practice

Part II introduces municipal budgets and the broader municipal financial landscape in Canada. ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Cases in Planning and Economic Development

From: Local Government in Practice

Part III gives an orientation to land use planning and economic development issues and processes, highlighting key themes, debates and challenges of municipal government. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Intergovernmental Relations

From: Local Government in Practice

Part IV looks at the power imbalances and other complexities that emerge as local governments interact with higher levels of government to tackle policy solutions that require multiple levels of … ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Part V Cases in Local Policy-Making
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Part V Cases in Local Policy-Making

From: Local Government in Practice

Part V examines municipal policy issues and provides an overview of the policy-making process. Each chapter, while presenting a specific issue from a specific perspective, also more closely … ; ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Pipeline on Wheels

Pipeline on Wheels

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices. 9 $0.90 Add
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Preface
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Preface

From: Local Government in Practice

An introduction to the structure and purpose of the book and author acknowledgements. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Railway Makeover

Railway Makeover

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Discusses the privatization of CN Rail, and the impact of NAFTA on rail regulations. Identifies why privatized rail firms cut staffing levels, how the federal government allowed private rail … 13 $1.30 Add
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Rights, Intimacy, and Family Life

Rights, Intimacy, and Family Life

From: The Rights Revolution

From The Rights Revolution: 28 $2.80 Add
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Rights, Recognition, and Nationalism

Rights, Recognition, and Nationalism

From: The Rights Revolution

From The Rights Revolution: 29 $2.90 Add