Freedom Of Information And The Developing World: The Citizen, The State And Models Of Openness (chandos Information Professional Series)

Rather than simply summarising the state of play in African countries and elsewhere, Freedom of Information and the Developing World identifies and makes explicit the assumptions about the citizen's relationship to the state that lie beneath Freedom of Information (FoI) discourse. The book goes on to test them against the reality of the pervasive politics of patronage that characterise much of African practice.* Develops a discourse about the concept of FoI * Discussion of the human rights claim appropriates the concepts of Hohfeldian analysis for more radical purposes in support of the idea that the state has a duty to implement FoI practices Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv List of figures and tables , Page ix About the authors , Page xi Acknowledgements , Pages xiii-xiv List of acronyms and abbreviations , Pages xv-xviii 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-11 2 - Developing countries and freedom of information , Pages 13-46 3 - The diffusion problem and the semantic shift , Pages 47-90 4 - Compliance and the impulse to secrecy , Pages 91-126 5 - Freedom of information as a human right , Pages 127-154 6 - Struggles for freedom of information in countries in transition , Pages 155-205 7 - Struggles for freedom of information in Africa , Pages 205-245 8 - From adversarialism to FoI 2.0 , Pages 247-259 List of sources , Pages 261-305 Index , Pages 307-317 Introduction -- Developing Countries And Freedom Of Information -- The Diffusion Problem And The Semantic Shift -- Compliance And The Impulse To Secrecy -- Freedom Of Information As A Human Right -- Struggles For Freedom Of Information In Countries In Transition -- Struggles For Freedom Of Information In Africa -- From Adversarialism To Fol 2.0. Colin Darch And Peter G. Underwood. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-305) And Index. Rather than simply summarizing the state of play in African countries, this title identifies the assumptions about the citizen's relationship to the state that lie beneath freedom of information discourse