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The Right to Know. Transparency for an Open World.
Ann M. . Ed(S): Florini
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Discusses about what information governments and other powerful organizations should disclose. This book distills the lessons of many nations' often bitter experience and provides analysis of transparency's impact on governance, business regulation, environmental protection, and national security. It is useful for policymakers and executives. Editor(s): Florini, Ann M. Series: Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization. Num Pages: 376 pages, No tables or figures. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
The Right to Know is a timely and compelling consideration of a vital question: What information should governments and other powerful organizations disclose? Excessive secrecy corrodes democracy, facilitates corruption, and undermines good public policymaking, but keeping a lid on military strategies, personal data, and trade secrets is crucial to the protection of the public interest. Over the past several years, transparency has swept the world. India and South Africa have adopted groundbreaking national freedom of information laws. China is on the verge of promulgating new openness regulations that build on the successful experiments of such major municipalities as Shanghai. From ... Read more
The Right to Know is a timely and compelling consideration of a vital question: What information should governments and other powerful organizations disclose? Excessive secrecy corrodes democracy, facilitates corruption, and undermines good public policymaking, but keeping a lid on military strategies, personal data, and trade secrets is crucial to the protection of the public interest. Over the past several years, transparency has swept the world. India and South Africa have adopted groundbreaking national freedom of information laws. China is on the verge of promulgating new openness regulations that build on the successful experiments of such major municipalities as Shanghai. From ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
Number of Pages
376
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231141581
SKU
V9780231141581
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About Ann M. . Ed(S): Florini
Ann Florini is the founding director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She is also a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where her work explores new approaches to global governance.
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