Transparency and Secrecy

Suzanne J. Piotrowski is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, Newark Campus.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part 1—What Is Transparency?Chapter 3 The Power Position of the BureaucracyChapter 4 Administrative Secrecy: A Congressional DilemmaChapter 5 Claude Reyes et al. v ChileChapter 6 Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. Subject: Transparency and Open GovernmentPart 7 Part 2—Transparency and Competing Values: Privacy, Security, and EfficiencyChapter 8 The Right to PrivacyChapter 9 Privacy Rights and Protection: Foreign Values in Modern Thai ContextChapter 10 National Security and Open Government in the United States: Beyond the Balancing TestChapter 11 Governmental Transparency in the Path of Administrative ReformPart 12 Part 3—Freedom of InformationChapter 13 Article 6 of Mexican ConstitutionChapter 14 Outsourcing the Constitution and Administrative Law NormsChapter 15 A Partial Revolution: The Diplomatic Ethos and Transparency in Intergovernmental OrganizationsPart 16 Part 4—Proactively Released InformationChapter 17 The Evolution of E-Government among Municipalities: Rhetoric or RealityChapter 18 Mr. Justice Brandeis and the Creation of the Federal RegisterChapter 19 At the Intersection of Bureaucracy, Democracy, and the Media: The Effective Agency SpokespersonPart 20 Part 5—Open Public MeetingsChapter 21 Open Meeting Statutes: The Press Fights for the 'Right To Know'Chapter 22 The Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union Committee SystemChapter 23 Critical Factors for Enhancing Municipal Public HearingsPart 24 Part 6—Whistleblowing and Leaked InformationChapter 25 Whistleblowing and LeaksChapter 26 The Enduring Phenomenon of Moral Muteness

This is a very important and necessary book. Democratic governments require transparency—and, in some contexts, secrecy as well. Professor Piotrowski, a leading researcher on transparency issues and author of Governmental Transparency in the Path of Administrative Reform, has put together an excellent, highly readable, and balanced collection of materials that will enable students and scholars alike to analyze clearly questions of governmental transparency and secrecy from the municipal to multi-national governmental levels. The book fills a major void in the extant literature and is eminently appropriate for courses in public administration, political science, and journalism.