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) …

Open government is an important innovation to foster trustworthy and inclusive
governments. The authors develop and test an integrative theoretical framework drawing …

A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social world From social
media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers …

Purpose–Cases of corruption, embezzlement, theft and fraud, abuse of discretion, favoritism,
nepotism, clientelism, and abuse of power in governments have led to a growing demand …

Sažetak This paper provides a review of empirical research on the factors determining the
budget/fiscal transparency of subnational governments. It focuses on academic online …

Após cinco anos em vigor, quão bem a lei brasileira de acesso à informação (LAI) está
funcionando? E o que pode ser feito para melhorar? A partir da análise de dados oficiais …

In election times, political parties promise in their manifestos to pass reforms increasing
access to government information to root out corruption and improve public service delivery …

* Winner of the AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize 2017* Social movements throughout
contemporary Latin America are successfully influencing and shaping media policy. In this …

Access to information (ATI) policies are often praised for strengthening transparency,
accountability, and trust in public institutions, yet evidence that they improve institutional …

Prior empirical studies of the Open Government Partnership have failed to take into account
possible diffusion mechanisms contributing to the expansion in the number of countries …