Over the last three decades, the concept of government transparency has remained at the
forefront of ongoing public debate. Using a systematic literature review of 470 articles on …

This article synthesizes the cross‐disciplinary literature on government transparency. It
systematically reviews research addressing the topic of government transparency published …

Government transparency is increasing worldwide and political rhetoric assumes a strong
positive relation between transparency and accountability. This chapter opens up the “black …

Government transparency has become 'hot'since President Barack Obama put transparency
high on his agenda for change in government. He emphasized that openness is needed to …

Gaining access to government information is a perpetual concern of citizens. This is due in
large part to the relationship between transparency and the issues of ethics, corruption …

This Element argues that to understand why transparency “works” in one context, but fails in
another, we have to take into account how institutional (macro), organizational (meso) …

How can we evaluate government transparency arrangements? While the complexity and
contextuality of the values at stake defy straightforward measurement, this article provides …

Transparency is one of the keywords of contemporary governance. It is often associated with
democratic accountability, but it also carries connotations of market efficiency. Though …

Transparency is an intrinsic value of democratic societies. Within the literature, there is an
emphasis on access to information and the availability of information in relation to …

Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues
that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy …