Strong arguments are made that freedom of information (FOI) laws can be particularly
beneficial in young democracies while providing an important tool that safeguards basic …

State and local governments play an important, and growing, role in everyday lives. The
exploratory study positions FOI laws as a central mechanism in providing transparency to …

Amaç: Bu çalışmada şeffaflık hakkında yazılmış uluslararası makale, konferans bildirisi, kitap
bölümü, gibi çalışmaların bibliyografik olarak incelenerek türdeş alanlı (cross-disciplinary) …

The negotiations of the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Trans Pacific
Partnership Agreement have been conducted largely in secret, elevating intellectual …

This multidisciplinary volume demonstrates how Freedom of Information (FOI) law and
processes can contribute to social science research design across sociology, criminology …

A substantial amount of freedom of information research exists, though a majority is focused
on US laws' outcomes and FOI's shortcomings. But little is known about who makes requests …

Little is known about public perceptions of how FOI laws influence government operations or
impact citizens' daily lives. A large representative sample of US adults was surveyed for …

A survey (N= 801) of college students in Australia, the Philippines, South Korea and the US
(Guam, Hawaii, Continental US) was conducted to explore the relationships between the …

The journalism industry was central to the materialization of US freedom of information (FOI)
laws, yet journalists frequently voice dissatisfaction with the state of FOI laws. The study …

Creativity plays an important role in politics in both online and offline spaces. Creative forms
of political participation have long been tools of disenfranchised groups in their efforts to …