General Information

Language

English.

Published

New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.

Physical Description

viii, 368 p. ; 24 cm.

Series

Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)

Contributors

Contributor

Florini, Ann.

Subjects

Subject

Transparency in government.

Freedom of information.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Ann Florini, editor ; foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Series

Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia

Content

Introduction : the battle over transparency / Ann Florini -- 1. India : the grassroots leads / Shekhar Singh -- 2. Toward a more open China? / Jamie P. Horsley -- 3. Open government in China : practice and problems / Hanhua Zhou -- 4. Central and Eastern Europe : starting from scratch / Ivan Szekely -- 5. Challenging case of Nigeria / Ayo Obe -- 6. Making the law work : the challenges of implementation / Laura Neuman and Richard Calland -- 7. Prizing open the profit-making world / Richard Calland -- 8. Struggle for openness in the international financial institutions / Thomas Blanton -- 9. Transparency and environmental governance / Vivek Ramkumar and Elena Petkova --

10. Transparency in the security sector / Alasdair Roberts -- Conclusion : whither transparency? / Ann Florini.

ISBN

9780231141581

0231141580

9780231512077

0231512074

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	352.8/8 22 FLO		Reference	Donation by Iván Székely.

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