Cultures of Transparency: Between Promise and Peril

Transparency is an increasingly demanded concept in media, civil society, political, and economic discourses. This interdisciplinary volume explores the ambiguities and contradictions of the age of transparency, appealing to researchers across the social sciences and humanities.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 228 pages
\n Publication date: 19 April 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The demand for transparency has grown significantly in recent years, permeating media, civil society, political, and economic discourses. This volume delves into the complex issues surrounding transparency, exploring how societies can navigate the varying demands and expectations of transparency. It examines the roles of different political and civil society actors in processes of producing or preventing transparency, as well as the boundaries and limitations of transparency. Additionally, it examines the relationship between transparency and social change, as well as systems of social surveillance and control.

By engaging with transparency as a product of law, politics, economics, and culture, this interdisciplinary volume uncovers the ambiguities, contradictions, and social and political dilemmas that the age of transparency has brought forth. It appeals to researchers across the social sciences and humanities, including politics, history, sociology, civil society, citizenship, public policy, criminology, and law, who are interested in understanding the complexities of this phenomenon.

The demand for transparency has grown significantly in recent years, permeating media, civil society, political, and economic discourses. This volume delves into the complex issues surrounding transparency, exploring how societies can navigate the varying demands and expectations of transparency. It examines the roles of different political and civil society actors in processes of producing or preventing transparency, as well as the boundaries and limitations of transparency. Additionally, it examines the relationship between transparency and social change, as well as systems of social surveillance and control.

By engaging with transparency as a product of law, politics, economics, and culture, this interdisciplinary volume uncovers the ambiguities, contradictions, and social and political dilemmas that the age of transparency has brought forth. It appeals to researchers across the social sciences and humanities, including politics, history, sociology, civil society, citizenship, public policy, criminology, and law, who are interested in understanding the complexities of this phenomenon.

The demand for transparency has grown significantly in recent years, permeating media, civil society, political, and economic discourses. This volume delves into the complex issues surrounding transparency, exploring how societies can navigate the varying demands and expectations of transparency. It examines the roles of different political and civil society actors in processes of producing or preventing transparency, as well as the boundaries and limitations of transparency. Additionally, it examines the relationship between transparency and social change, as well as systems of social surveillance and control.

By engaging with transparency as a product of law, politics, economics, and culture, this interdisciplinary volume uncovers the ambiguities, contradictions, and social and political dilemmas that the age of transparency has brought forth. It appeals to researchers across the social sciences and humanities, including politics, history, sociology, civil society, citizenship, public policy, criminology, and law, who are interested in understanding the complexities of this phenomenon.

\n Weight: 510g\n
Dimension: 217 x 277 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367346263\n \n