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Proactive Transparency
Examples of failed attempts to introduce transparency in Turkey, Russia and China show that political leaders often have a poor understanding of how...
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Transparency in Science and the Effects on Public Policy
This book argues that, in the development of science, three principles have been used; transparency of results; transparency of procedures; financial...
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Transparency Challenges for Business and Privacy
The book focuses almost entirely on transparency in the public sector—its legality, good practices, failures and the reasons for them. The conclusion...
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The Politics of Opacity and Transparency in Non-European Contexts
This chapter explores the controversial role transparency (around screening) plays in authoritarian contexts. Transparency demands are weapons that...
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What About Transparency in Other Areas of the Public Sector?
Mass media, such as newspapers, television, and the internet ensured major progress in the development of transfer of information from various...
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Introduction: Where Transparency Meets Corruption Control
In this introductory chapter, we explain where transparency meets corruption control through public accountability. We begin by defining corruption...
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Big data meets open political science: an empirical assessment of transparency standards 2008–2019
Over the last decade, the field of political science has been exposed to two concomitant developments: a surge of Big Data (BD) and a growing demand...
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Technology-Mediated Transparency, Accountability, and Participation in the Realisation of Citizen-Centred Health Interventions: Case Study of MobiSAfAIDS in Southern Africa
In citizen-centred engagement and participation, a naïve theory of change maps access to data (and the associated information and communication...
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Western Exceptionalism: The Rule of Law, Judicial Independence and Transparency
The West is allegedly exceptional because Western countries follow the rule of law, they have independent judiciary and they are transparent with...
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Transparency Model and Mining Industry
Mining policy is shaped and influenced by a diverse set of stakeholders at the global, national, and local levels. While stakeholder analysis is a...
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Governance Quality and Transparency of Politics in the European Union
Transparency and accountability are the primary prerequisites to an effectively functioning political system in democratic countries. Thereby, good...
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Fostering Trust, Transparency, Satisfaction and Participation Amidst COVID-19 corruption: Does the Civil Society Matter? – Evidence from Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has erupted corruption challenges across polities including Ghana. This situation has spurred anecdotal narratives...
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Supporting Student Learning Through Flexibility and Transparency
The sudden shift to remote learning in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic created upheaval for faculty and students alike. Students had...
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The mediating role of perceptions of municipal government performance on the relationship between good governance and citizens’ trust in municipal government
Evidence from existing literature shows that good governance practices impact citizens' attitudes and behaviors toward the governing authorities....
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Planning, implementing and reporting: increasing transparency, replicability and credibility in qualitative political science research
Qualitative political science research can significantly increase its credibility if researchers take robust steps toward replicability and enhanced...
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Global Pressures in Policymaking: Insights from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and Ghana’s Petroleum Industry
Historically, natural resources have been instrumental in conditioning and sha** public policy outcomes. Oil, gas, and mining projects have driven...
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On Transparency, Corruption, and Integrity in Local Government: A View from Argentina
This chapter examines the way actor interests interfere with policy decision-making and public servants’ conception of integrity in Argentine local...
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Transparency in Democratic Decision–Making
The chapter focuses on the necessity of transparency for the democratic decision-making process and looks for the link between transparency of...