Relevant Readings

The following materials will be on reserve through the UWO library system.

Considine, Mark. Public Policy: A Critical Approach. South Melbourne: MacMillan, 1994.

Ham, Christopher; Hill, Michael. The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist State. Brighton, UK: Wheatsheaf Books, 1984.

Hawkesworth, M.E. Theoretical Issues in Policy Analysis. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.

Mosco, Vincent. The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal. London: Sage, 1996.

Parsons, D. W. Public Policy: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1995.

Roe, Emery. Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 1994.

The following readings should assist students with the principles and methods of critical policy analysis. Students will be expected to find additional readings relevant to their case study.

Alexander, Cynthia J; Pal, Leslie A., eds. Digital Democracy: Policy and Politics in the Wired World. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Burger, Robert H. Information Policy: A Framework for Evaluation and Policy Research. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1993.

Calabrese, Andrew; Burgelman, Jean-Claude, eds. Communication, Citizenship, and Social Policy: Rethinking the Limits of the Welfare State. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

Frohmann, Bernd. Taking Information Policy beyond Information Science: Applying the Actor Network Theory. In Connectedness: Information, Systems, People, Organizations. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, 7-10 June 1995, Edmonton, Alberta. Edited by Hope A. Olson & Dennis B. Ward. Edmonton, Alberta: School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, 1995.

Lawson, Philippa. The Regulation of Telecommunications in Canada: A Consumer Perspective. Ottawa:Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1994.

Miller, Steven E. Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power, and the Information Superhighway. New York: ACM Press, 1996.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre. Surveying Boundaries: Canadians and Their Personal Information. Ottawa: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1995.

Reddick, Andrew. The Information Superhighway: Will Some Canadians Be Left On the Side of the Road? Ottawa: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1995.

Todd, John D. Technological Change and Competition in the Canadian Telecommunications industry. Ottawa: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1993.

Yeatman, Anna, ed. Activism and the Policy Process. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1998.