Freedom of information local government and accountability
Since the UK's Freedom of Information Act of 2005, which allows public right of access to information held by public authorities, considerable evidence has accumulated about the ways in which the Act has been applied in the interests of democracy. This book considers best practice regarding the...
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Routledge
2016
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Freedom of information : local government / Michael Hung and Richard A. Chapman
- 2. The context and challenges of freedom of information in local government : a practitioner's perspective / Sir David Henshaw
- 3. Openness and freedom of information in local government : concepts and issues / Richard A. Chapman
- 4. Open government at the local level in England : FoI implementation from 2005 to 2008 / Sarah Holsen and Ben Worthy
- 5. Local government, freedom of information and participation / Michael Hunt
- 6. Freedom of information in Scotland and the UK : time to notice the difference / Kevin Dunion
- 7. The impact of freedom of information on Irish local government / Maeve McDonagh
- 8. Freedom of information and the campaign to protect rural England / Howard Elcock
- 9. Freedom of information and participation : comparing local and central government / Jim Chandler
- 10. The morality of open government / Peter Barberis
- 11. Freedom of information : local government, democracy and accountability / Richard A. Chapman and Michael Hunt.