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Freedom of information and the developing world : the citizen, the state and models of openness /

Rather than simply summarising the state of play in African countries and elsewhere, this book identifies and makes explicit the assumptions about the citizen's relationship to the state that lie beneath Freedom of Information (FoI) discourse. The book goes on to test them against the reality o...

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Main Authors: Darch, Colin
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Underwood, Peter G.
Published: Chandos Publications,
Publisher Address: Oxford [England] :
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos information professional series
Subjects:
Freedom of information > Developing countries.
Freedom of information > Africa.
Human rights > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > National. > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Freedom of information
Human rights.
Africa.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843341475
Summary: Rather than simply summarising the state of play in African countries and elsewhere, this book identifies and makes explicit the assumptions about the citizen's relationship to the state that lie beneath Freedom of Information (FoI) discourse. The book goes on to test them against the reality of the pervasive politics of patronage that characterise much of African practice.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN: 9781780630205
1780630204
Index Number: JC598
CLC: D082
Contents: Introduction -- Developing countries and freedom of information -- The diffusion problem and the semantic shift -- Compliance and the impulse to secrecy -- Freedom of information as a human right -- Struggles for freedom of information in countries in transition -- Struggles for freedom of information in Africa -- From adversarialism to FoI 2.0.

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