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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review"The pioneering research and insights in this book provide critical tools to understand and inform our response to digital politics. Such research enhances our capacity to unleash the potential for enhanced democratic participation and to comprehend and curtail practices that imperil it." -- Lori Williams, Mount Royal University *
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Table of ContentsPreface: 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
