Measuring local government transparency

da Cruz, Nuno F. ORCID: 0000-0003-3381-6359, Tavares, António F., Marques, Rui Cunha, Jorge, Susana and de Sousa, Luís (2015) Measuring local government transparency. Public Management Review. ISSN 1471-9037

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Abstract

Despite the importance of government transparency to promote accountability and prevent maladministration, empirical research has failed to produce proper tools to assess and compare government transparency practices. Most contributions to the topic do not address it from a stakeholder’s perspective, particularly in selecting the indicators to include in transparency indexes. This paper contributes to the debate by developing a municipal transparency index based on information available on local government official websites. The methodological approach borrows insights from the decision analysis literature to structure the index through a participatory process. An application to the Portuguese local government setting is briefly discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpxm20
Additional Information:	© 2015 Taylor & Francis
Divisions:	LSE Cities
Subjects:	J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2015 08:37
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 07:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62312

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