Democracy by Disclosure : The Rise of Technopopulism /

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"In December 1999, the Institute of Medicine shocked the nation by reporting that as many as 98,000 Americans died each year from mistakes in hospitals - twice the number killed in auto accidents. Instead of strict rules and harsh penalities to reduce those risks, the institute called for a sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Mary, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Governance Institute/Brookings Institution Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sozialpolitik
Informationspolitik
Social policy.
Disclosure of information > Government policy.
COMPUTERS > Social Aspects > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Divulgation d'informations > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > États.
Divulgation d'informations > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Disclosure of information > Government policy > United States > States.
Disclosure of information > Government policy > United States.
USA.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1993-
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1981-1993.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
United States > Social policy > 1980-1993.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The power of publicity
  • Accounting for toxic pollution
  • Food labeling to reduce disease
  • An epidemic of medical errors
  • Disclosure as social policy
  • Appendix : The architecture of disclosure systems.

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