Transparency

The Key to Better Governance

Edited by Christopher Hood and David Heald

A British Academy Publication

Proceedings of the British Academy

A timely analysis.

Transparency

The Key to Better Governance

Edited by Christopher Hood and David Heald

A British Academy Publication

Proceedings of the British Academy

Description

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.

Transparency

The Key to Better Governance

Edited by Christopher Hood and David Heald

A British Academy Publication

Proceedings of the British Academy

Transparency in Historical Perspective, Christopher Hood
Varieties of Transparency, David Heald
Transparency as a Human Right, Patrick Birkinshaw
Transparency as an Instrumental Value, David Heald
Transparency and the Ethics of Communication, Onora O'Neill
The More Closely We Are Watched, the Better We Behave?, Andrea Prat
Dashed Expectations: Governmental Adaptation to Transparency Rules, Alasdair Roberts
What Hope Freedom of Information in th UK, Andrew McDonald
Member State Bedgetary Transparency in the Economic and Monetary Union, James Savage
Does Transparency Make a Difference? The Example of European Council of Ministers, David Stasavage
Varieties of Software and their Implications for Effective Democratic Government, Jean Camp
Transparency and Digital Government, Helen Margetts
Conclusion, Christopher Hood

Transparency

The Key to Better Governance

Edited by Christopher Hood and David Heald

A British Academy Publication

Proceedings of the British Academy

Author Information

Christopher Hood is Gladstone Professor of Government at Oxford University.

David Heald is Professor of Financial Management at the University of Sheffield.

Contributors:

Andrew McDonald, visiting scholar, University of California, Berkley; Patrick Birkinshaw, Professor of Public Law, University of Hull; Jean Camp, Associate Professor, Indiana University; David Heald, Professor of Financial Management, University of Sheffield; Christopher Hood, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy; Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet, University of Oxford; Onora O'Neill, Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, President of the British Academy; Andrea Prat, Professor of Economics, LSE; Alasdair Roberts, Associate Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; James Savage, Professor of Politics, University of Virginia; David Stasavage, Senior Lecturer, LSE