The surrender of secrecy : explaining the emergence of strong access to information laws in Latin America

The surrender of secrecy : explaining the emergence of strong access to information laws in Latin America

Worldwide, the remarkable diffusion of transparency and access to information laws poses a monumental challenge to the state’s most enduringly undemocratic feature— excessive secrecy. Will recent laws lead to an effective surrender of secrecy? The incipient literature on transparency reform says lit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michener, Robert Gregory
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Democracy
Good governance
Latin America
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Guatemala
Uruguay
Reform
Freedom of information
Access to information
Right to information
Transparency
Transparency reform
News media
Agenda setting
Press
Accountability
Presidential power
Negative agenda setting
Timing
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1112

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