Unless we change the way we think about transparency, open data is unlikely to have a significant political impact at the local level

Frank, Mark (2015) Unless we change the way we think about transparency, open data is unlikely to have a significant political impact at the local level. Democratic Audit Blog (04 Jun 2015). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Open data and transparency have long been heralded as welcome innovations by policymakers and politicians, and the current Government has made it a priority at both a national and local level. But when it comes to the latter, how effective has it been and how much have citizens made use of it? Mark Frank argues that local authorities continued use of the ‘passive transparency’ model threatens to limit the potential of open data and transparency.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2015 09:05
Last Modified:	09 May 2025 03:53
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/63302

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