The book review must written on one of the following monographs:
-Clarke, Amanda. 2019. Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in
the Digital Age. Vancouver: UBC Press.
-Marland, Alex. 2016. Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of
Message Control. Vancouver: UBC Press.
-Grube, Denis. 2019. Megaphone Bureaucracy: Speaking Truth to Power in the Age of the
New Normal. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Students are required to read, analyze and write a 1,250 word assessment of one scholarly
book. This review must include the following:
Identify and explain the authors central thesis;
Summarize the evidence used by the author to support his or her conclusion(s);
Discuss and explain why you find the central thesis convincing or not.
These points must be supported with reference to the material in the book, and when
appropriate, reference to assigned course readings. Short quotations, not exceeding two
sentences, may be used to support your claims (that you make in your own words). The book review must include a title page and bibliography, use 12 point font Times New Roman, be printed using 125 inch margins. The book review must respect the reference style of the International Journal of Public Administration (for more information see their website and style guide). The book review must written on one of
the following monographs:
Clarke, Amanda. 2019. Opening the Government of Canada: The Federal Bureaucracy in
the Digital Age. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Marland, Alex. 2016. Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of
Message Control. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Grube, Denis. 2019. Megaphone Bureaucracy: Speaking Truth to Power in the Age of the
New Normal. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
