Kirsti Nilsen

The Impact of Information Policy

Measuring the Effects of the Commercialization of Canadian Government Statistics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the effects of information policy. While information policy studies often consider the ideology underlying policy, the policy process, the stakeholders and players in that process, and the nature of the outcomes of policy development, there have been few studies that focus on the ultimate effects of information policy. This book looks at effects from two perspectives. First, it examines the impact of government-wide information policies on a specific government agency in terms of its dissemination policies for the information it provides. Secondly, the effects of the ensuing agency information policies on social science research are examined. The government-wide policies of interest here are cost-recovery and restraint initiatives imposed by the Canadian federal government in the mid-1980s. The policy statements specifically identified government information as an area in which increased revenues could be generated. Such de facto information policies can have a wide effect on government information production and dissemination. In this book, the history and background of the policies is considered and the effects were empirically examined using multiple methods of analysis. The period covered is mid-1980s through mid-1990s. An epilogue chapter provides information on recent policy developments in Canada and the continuing effects of the policies of the 1980s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781567505085
• ISBN-10: 1567505082
• Artikelnr.: 25615878

Autorenporträt

KIRSTI NILSEN is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Univeristy of Western Ontario./e

Inhaltsangabe

Background and Method Investigating Information Policy Effects Methodology
Information Policy Information Policy: A Literature Review Canadian
Government Information Policy Policy Effects on a Government Agency
Statistics: Canada's Response to the Cost-Recovery and Restraint
Initiatives Determining Effects on Users User Studies of Social Scientists
and Statistics Findings on Social Science and Their General Use of
Statistics Findings on Use of Statistics Canada and Other Statistics
Sources Effects of Information Policy on Users What We Know Now
Summarizing Findings and Drawing Conclusions Epilogue: How Statistics
Canada has responded to. Appendix References