March 2015
Beginner
840 pages
25h 8m
English
Gregory A. Porumbescu and Tobin Im
Transparency is a topic that has attracted considerable attention from the field of public administration over the past three decades (Hood & Heald, 2006). As it relates to public management, transparency is seen as essential to good governance. Transparency can enhance levels of citizens' trust in government (Welch, Hinnant, & Moon, 2005), reduce levels of corruption (Bertot, Jaeger, & Grimes, 2010), and improve financial management (Wehner & De Renzio, 2012). Moreover, there is a strong normative basis for enhancing public sector transparency: citizens of democracies, being the rightful owners of their government, should be afforded ...
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