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Making Government Transparent

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Transparency is intended to open up the process of governance to public scrutiny and accountability. It replaces the historical practice of political elites conducting public affairs in private. Doing so restricts information about what happens within the black box of government to a limited number of insiders.

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  1. Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    Richard Rose

  2. School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Caryn Peiffer

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Rose, R., Peiffer, C. (2019). Making Government Transparent. In: Bad Governance and Corruption. Political Corruption and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92846-3_8

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