Transparency: The Key to Better Governance?

by Christopher Hood (Editor), David Heald (Editor)

This is a critical look at the now pervasive idea of achieving better governance through greater openness to outside scrutiny. It shows that that transparency can conflict with other 'good governance' values, and that measures to promote it often lead to a tighter control of information.

246 pages, Hardcover

First published November 23, 2006