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The right to know : transparency for an open world /
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 strategi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 promulgatin. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 368 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231512077 0231512074 |