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Opening the Government of Canada

Opening the Government of Canada

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke

https://www.ubcpress.ca/opening-the-government-of-canada
The Open Data Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Open Data

The Open Data Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Open Data

Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.

http://opendatahandbook.org/
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

Canada

A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/310887/citizenville-by-gavin-newsom-with-lisa-dickey/9780143124474
Ours to hack and own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet

Ours to hack and own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet

Edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider: Ours to Hack and to Own, the rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer Internet.

http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/ours-to-hack-and-to-own/
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.

https://press.princeton.edu/titles/10671.html
Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter

Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter

The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/black-software-9780190863845?cc=ke&lang=en&
How to talk to civic hackers

How to talk to civic hackers

This book is meant for public servants and people working inside government who want to connect with innovators and technologists outside of the bureaucracy.

https://www.civichacking.guide/
Fearless Cities: A Guide to the Global Municipalist Movement

Fearless Cities: A Guide to the Global Municipalist Movement

Barcelona, Spain

In a world in which fear and insecurity are being twisted into hate, and inequalities, xenophobia and authoritarianism are on the rise, a renewed municipalist movement is emerging to defend human rights, democracy and the common good. Fearless Cities is the first book written by and for the global municipalist movement.

http://fearlesscities.com/en/book
Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316811/heartificial-intelligence-by-john-c-havens/
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250074317
The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance

The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance

The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement and governance in the digital age that will help leaders link important breakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessons of small-group community input to create more agile, competitive, and economically resilient cities.

https://www.amazon.com/Responsive-City-Communities-Data-Smart-Governance/dp/1118910907
The CUTgroup book

The CUTgroup book

Chicago, IL

Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech By Daniel X. O’Neil and the Smart Ch…

https://www.cutgroupbook.com/
Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It

2018 Book by Susan Crawford

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300228502/fiber
Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass

https://ghostwork.info/
Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America, by Hollie Russon Gilman

Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America, by Hollie Russon Gilman

Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation.

https://www.brookings.edu/book/democracy-reinvented/
Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation

Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation

San Francisco

This book is a resource for (and by) practitioners inside and outside government—from the municipal chief information officer to the community organizer to the civic-minded entrepreneur. 

http://beyondtransparency.org/