| Description |
xvii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-273) and index. |
| Contents |
Governance by transparency. The new power of information ; Transparency informs choice ; Transparency as missed opportunity ; A real time experiment ; Transparency success and failure ; How the book is organized -- An unlikely policy innovation. An unplanned invention ; The struggle toward openness ; Why disclosure? -- Designing transparency policies. Improving on-the-job safety: one goal, many methods ; Disclosure to create incentives for change ; What targeted transparency policies have in common ; Standards, market incentives, or targeted transparency? -- What makes transparency work? A complex chain reaction ; New information embedded in user decisions ; New information embedded in discloser decisions ; Obstacles: Preferences, biases, and games ; Crafting effective transparency policies -- What makes transparency sustainable? Crisis drives financial disclosure improvements ; Sustainable policies ; The politics of disclosure ; Humble beginnings: prospects for sustainable transparency ; Two illustrations ; Shifting conditions drive changes in sustainability -- |
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International transparency. How do international transparency policies work? ; Why now? ; From private committee to public mandate: international corporate financial reporting ; Improving a moribund system: international disease reporting ; The limits of international transparency: labeling of genetically modified foods -- Toward collaborative transparency. Innovation at the edge ; Technology expands capacities of users, disclosers, and government ; Four emerging policies ; Challenges to collaborative transparency ; New roles for users, disclosers, and government ; Looking ahead: complementary generations of transparency -- The future of disclosure. Two possible futures ; When transparency won't work ; Crafting effective policies ; The road ahead -- Appendix: Eighteen major cases. Targeted transparency in the United States ; Targeted transparency in the international context. |
| Subject |
Government information -- Access control -- United States.
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Government information -- Access control. |
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United States. |
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Transparency in government -- United States.
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Transparency in government. |
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Disclosure of information -- Government policy -- United States.
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Disclosure of information -- Government policy. |
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Disclosure of information. |
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Disclosure of information -- Law and legislation.
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Disclosure of information -- Law and legislation. |
| Added Author |
Graham, Mary, 1944-
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Weil, David, 1961-
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| ISBN |
9780521876179 |
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0521876176 |
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9780521699617 paperback |
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0521699614 paperback |
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