Government communication and democratic governance
Electoral and policy-related information campaigns in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12651997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Howlett (0000-0003-4689-740X, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author), Jonathan Craft (0000-0003-4397-9995, Simon Fraser University), Lindsay Zibrik (Simon Fraser University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-22 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1449-4035 • E-ISSN: 1839-3373 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.11.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2017681216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 30 |
Government communication is now a large growth industry in many countries. Exactly what is meant by the term, however, varies from author to author. In this paper government communication is conceived as a policy tool or instrument, that is, as a means to give effect to policy goals. Key policy-relevant aspects of the term are examined including differences between the role of government communications in the ‘front-end’ of the public policy and production processes related to agenda-setting, policy formulation and producer activities as opposed to the ‘back-end’ of policy implementation, policy evaluation, consumption and distribution. Two case studies of political and policy-related information campaigns in Canada, one dealing with Elections Canada at the federal level and the second with provincial health policy-making in British Columbia, are examined in order to discern patterns in the use of government communication tools useful as a basis for comparative inquiry into Democratic governance
Consumption (sociology · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Management · Order (exchange · Policy analysis · Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Social science · Sociology · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |