British government is much more open than it was 10, 20, and certainly 30 years ago. But
what impact has this increased transparency had on accountability? In this chapter, I …

Increasingly governments around the world are experimenting with initiatives in
transparency or'open government'. These involve a variety of measures including the …

In this chapter I undertake to assess the role and contribution that transparent government
and transparent media play in normative theories of democracy. What are the contending …

Over the past two decades three cultural developments have combined with technological
trends to facilitate a significant change in the ways that journalists and, importantly, citizens …

The government's intention to introduce freedom of information (FOI) legislation marks a
radical departure from the British constitutional traditionÐnot least because FOI reects and …

Few would disagree that more transparency is generally a good thing for democracy. Indeed
so few would disagree that an unthinking consensus has developed where transparency …

Transparency broadly means making 'decisions, rules and other information visible from
outside'(Hood 2010: 989). The rise of transparency as a central reform and goal of policy …

Transparency in public institutions is relevant only in so far as the disclosed information is
useful for the stakeholders who access it. Hence, we ask: what do users do with the …

Contemporary democratic discourse places emphasis on accountability as the basis of
power legitimacy and the scholarly literature across disciplines has reserved a special …

The article discusses the importance of transparency in government in upholding the
principle of democracy. It argues that the citizens of certain country should be provided with …