The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK: Does FOI work?

✍ Scribed by Robert Hazell, Ben Worthy, Mark Glover (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 345
Series: Understanding Governance Series
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Why Evaluate the Impact of Freedom of Information, and How?....Pages 3-14
What Are the Objectives of Freedom of Information?....Pages 15-32
Whitehall and Freedom of Information....Pages 33-50
Assessing the Impact of Freedom of Information in Britain....Pages 51-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
How Freedom of Information Works....Pages 63-86
Has Freedom of Information Led to More Transparent Government?....Pages 87-104
The Culture of Secrecy....Pages 105-116
Has Freedom of Information Increased Government Accountability?....Pages 117-133
Civil Service Neutrality....Pages 134-147
Ministerial Accountability....Pages 148-160
Effective Government and the Quality of Decision-making....Pages 161-180
The Cabinet System of Government....Pages 181-199
Increased Public Understanding of Government Decision-making?....Pages 200-213
Has Freedom of Information Led to Increased Trust in Government?....Pages 214-229
Has Freedom of Information Led to Increased Participation in the Political Process?....Pages 230-243
Has Freedom of Information Met Its Objectives?....Pages 244-251
How Well Does Freedom of Information Work?....Pages 252-267
Back Matter....Pages 268-325

✦ Subjects

British Politics; Political Science; Law, general; US Politics; Constitutional Law

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