Government Articles
Is Democracy in Deep Trouble?
As the recent US congressional elections show, a growing number of citizens aren’t voting, reasoning that their ballot won’t change anything. Especially young citizens, people everywhere agree with the bumper sticker: “Don’t Vote! It Only Encourages Them!” Businesses...
Rethinking the United Nations for the Networked World
This week's UN Climate Summit in New York did more than address the urgent issues of climate change. It also put a spotlight on the UN itself, and the role of the UN in tackling the most difficult problems of our increasingly complex world. Together with Bruce Jenks...
Rob Ford and the Emerging Crisis of Legitimacy
The Rob Ford spectacle in Toronto reflects a deeper problem: trust in our democratic institutions is collapsing.
Could a United States of North America boost the US and Canada
If you were fed up with the intransigence of the Tea Party’s disciples during the federal government’s shutdown, there is no cause for optimism by its resolution. The system could again be hijacked in a few months by a small portion of one of two parties in one of the three branches of the government. A system that permits this has deep flaws.
Istanbul: Notes from the Ground
From my good friend, Barry Campbell on the ground in Istanbul: In the aftermath of the police action to clear protesters from Taksim Square, the original tent city occupying the adjacent park, grows muddier. Yesterday, it had the air of a Turkish Woodstock with some...
Don Tapscott: In Detail on The Inside Agenda Blog
Decades before this publishing deluge, Don Tapscott was thinking about how the Internet changes society, publishing numerous widely-read books over the last 30 years.
Ask Tapscott: Q&A on Reinventing International Relations
Don Tapscott answers The Canadian International Council’s reader-submitted questions on reinventing international relations.
Reinventing Democracy on TVO’s The Agenda
Don Tapscott on the shifting relationship between citizen and government and how it could rise to a new form of democracy in 20 years.
New Solutions for a Connected Planet
From their latest book, Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet, co-authors Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams present groundbreaking innovations from every corner of the globe: how businesses, organizations, and individuals alike are using mass collaboration to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, and care for each other.