Description
Book SynopsisUsing case studies from around the world, Transparency and the open society surveys the adoption of transparency globally, providing an essential framework for assessing its likely performance as a policy and the steps that can be taken to make it more effective.
Trade Review"An informative and challenging book...it clearly lays out information that is pertinent to existing debates in politics, ethics, law and the wider social sciences." LSE Review of Books
“Transparency matters, and it matters much more than people think. This important and serious book is both necessary and timely.” Tim Leunig, DfE Chief Scientific Adviser, and Associate Professor, LSE
"This is a book that more than lives up to the ideas in its title : it is not only transparent and open, but highly informative and thought-provoking." Professor Sir Julian Le Grand, LSE
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section A: Theory; Part 1: Background; History And Methods; Critiques Of Transparency; Part 2: Definitions And Models; Definitions Of Transparency; Fair Allocation Systems; Population Level Transparency; Equality Of Narrative Power; Transparency In An Age Of Big Data; Section B: Practice; Part 1: Transparency 1.0; Every Day Is A Fight For Information; Access To Information Laws (Ati); Social Audit And Public Reporting; International Initiatives; Open Data And Forced Disclosure; Editorial Control; Regulation And Transparency; Part 2: Transparency 2.0; Ceding Control Of The Data; Independent Narratives; Getting My Own Data; Surveillance, Transparency And Privacy; Part 3: Transparency 3.0; Artificial Intelligence And Allocation Systems; What Happens Next?.
