books
@CivicWhitaker Anthology
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…
A Beginner’s Guide To Local Government
- www.afunctionaldemocracy.com
- Advocacy tech, Artistic interventions, Books, Campaigns, Learn about civic tech, The People, The Tech
With our "Beginner's Guide To Local Government" coloring book, workshops, happy hours, and lecture series, we make it as easy as possible for you to get involved.
A Lever and a Place to Stand: How Civic Tech Can Move the World
This book takes a close look at civic apps and general-purpose tech platforms and services.
A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative and Distributed Governance
A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance (Brookings / Ash Center Series, Innovative Governance in the 21st Century)
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, by Virginia Eubanks
- us.macmillan.com
- Books, Digital security and privacy, Emerging Tech Tools, Ethical tech, Learn about civic tech, The People
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
Black Software
- global.oup.com
- Books, Emerging Tech Projects, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, Learn about civic tech, The People, The Tech
The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
Citizen Science (book)
- www.uclpress.co.uk
- Adjacent Fields, Citizen science, High-tech civic tech, Sensors, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
If 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
Gower Street, London, UK
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government, by Gavin Newsom
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government [Gavin Newsom, Lisa Dickey] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. “A fascinating case for a more engaged government, transformed to meet the challenges and possibilities of the twenty-first century.” —President William J. Clinton A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government, by Christopher H. Achen and Larry M. Bartels
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.
Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution—and Why America Might Miss It
2018 Book by Susan Crawford
Ghost Work
- ghostwork.info
- Books, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, Gig Economy, High-tech civic tech, Learn about civic tech, The People, The Tech
How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass
Heartificial Intelligence
- www.penguinrandomhouse.com
- Books, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, Learn about civic tech, The People, The Tech
Embracing Our Humanity to Maximize Machines
Open Data Now
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.
What happens when Big Data is made open to YOU?
Discover how Open Data can benefit you, your business
Opening the Government of Canada
- www.ubcpress.ca
- Books, Govtech, Learn about civic tech, Open governance initiatives, The People, The Tech
The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age. By Amanda Clarke
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ours to hack and own: the ride of platform cooperativism
- www.orbooks.com
- Adjacent Fields, Books, Learn about civic tech, Platform coops, The People, The Tech
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.
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