Civic Tech Field Guide
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Civic Tech Report 2025
Prague, CzechiaHardcover book and online platform providing an overview of over 80 solutions from the European civic tech ecosystem
By Aure Schrock. Out in September. The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.
A free/libre book about UX research with qualitative methods on user motivations, activities, and problems, by Jan Dittrich
Der Kampf um das Internet
BerlinWie Wikipedia, Mastodon Und Co. Die Tech-giganten Herausfordern. by Stefan Mey
Editors: Hans Jochen Scholl, Eric E. Holdeman, F. Kees Boersma
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Germany (Deutschland)Dabei haben sich Katharina Liesenberg und Linus Strothmann vom Team Es geht LOS einer jahrtausendealten, urdemokratischen Methode bedient: des Losens
Book by Paolo Gerbaudo (2019)
Weaving together the anthropological, aesthetic, and political aspects of assembly-making, What Makes An Assembly? explores the potential of assemblies to reimagine the way democracy is practised in contemporary societies.
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
United States of America (the)by Code for America Founder Jennifer Pahlka
2021 book edited by Oscar Barberà, Giulia Sandri, Patricia Correa, Juan Rodríguez-Teruel
In an era of corporate surveillance, artificial intelligence, deep fakes, genetic modification, automation, and more, law often seems to take a back seat to rampant technological change.
In this groundbreaking work, Haochen Sun analyzes the ethical crisis unfolding at the intersection of technology and the public interest.
Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy is the first book that brings together a wide range of methods used in the study of deliberative democracy.
Deliberative Democracy in Asia
China (Zhong Guo)Book edited By Baogang He, Michael Breen, James Fishkin (2021)
The Wildcard Workbook
758 8th Ave Suite 300, New York, NY 10036The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre is a resource for facilitators of all kinds looking for new ways to bring fun, creativity, and critical thinking into their work!
Hack Your Bureaucracy
United States of America (the)A book by Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai
Sobrevivendo nas Redes: Guia do Cidadão
Brazil (Brasil)A free book on how to survive on social media networks
The Propagandists' Playbook
United States of America (the)How Conservative Elites Manipulate Search and Threaten Democracy, by Francesca Bolla Tripodi
Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning
MassachusettsInteractive Explorations for Students and Teachers, by Robert W. Maloy, Torrey Trust, Allison Butler, & Chenyang Xu
A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance (Brookings / Ash Center Series, Innovative Governance in the 21st Century)
Three years of organizing, writing, and documenting in Chicago civic tech at the Smart Chicago Collaborative. By Christopher Whitaker Edited by Daniel X. O'Nei…
This book takes a close look at civic apps and general-purpose tech platforms and services.
How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
Open Data Now: The Secret to Hot Startups, Smart Investing, Savvy Marketing, and Fast Innovation [Joel Gurin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
Opening the Government of Canada
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke
Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.
A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better.
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.
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.
Citizen Science (book)
Gower Street, London, UKIf you are a professional researcher who wants to learn more about how to get started with designing your citizen science project, this is a good place to start
The CUTgroup book
Chicago, ILCivic 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…
Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines
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.
Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons
487 Central Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA“Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” showcases over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries.
Fearless Cities: the book
Barcelona, SpainIn 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.
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.
2018 Book by Susan Crawford
The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
This book is meant for public servants and people working inside government who want to connect with innovators and technologists outside of the bureaucracy.
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government [Gavin Newsom, Lisa Dickey] on Amazon.com
Book from Hong Kong
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, by Virginia Eubanks
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
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