The Right to Know: Transparency for an Open World

by Ann Florini

The Right to Know is a timely and compelling consideration of a vital question: What information should governments and other powerful organizations disclose? Excessive secrecy corrodes democracy, facilitates corruption, and undermines good public policymaking, but keeping a lid on military strategies, personal data, and trade secrets is crucial to the protection of the public interest.

Over the past several years, transparency has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231141580
• ISBN13: 9780231141581
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"