Overview
- Provides comparative and empirical data on the implementation of Freedom of Information laws (FOIAs) across, Western, Southern Central and Eastern Europe
- Combines contributions from an expert team of editors and contributors drawn from the the European Group of Public Administration's (EGPA) Law and Administration Panel
- Appeals to students and scholars of public administration, law, political science, sociology, and communication sciences
Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The EU FOIA
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Front Matter
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The National FOIAs
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Front Matter
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Comparative Summarising Perspectives
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Keywords
- transparency
- freedom of information
- FOIA
- the right to information
- RTI
- access to information
- re-use of information
- proactive information
- exceptions
- Information Commissioner
- Ombudsman
- reforms
- public administration
- administrative procedure
- remedies
- legal and empirical research
- France
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- Germany
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Reviews
“The book provides valuable comparative groundwork on transparency regulation. … The book will stir the interest of students and academics, but also of practitioners from administrations and lawyers.” (Heiko Richter, IIC - International Review of Intellect, Vol. 51, 2020)
“This is a very timely collection of essays on the law of transparency in operation. From data-driven research and the unfolding story in the European Union - where we still await a reform of Regulation 1049 - a generous coverage of national European systems and final chapters on comparative perspectives, this collection will be an essential read for those engaged in transparency and access to information. The editors have done well in bringing together such a challenging and stimulating group of essays.” (Patrick Birkinshaw, Editor of European Public Law and University of Hull, UK)
“The editors have curated an impressive body of work in this new volume. They focus not on the passage of Freedom of Information laws but the implementation of these laws—an essential aspect of transparency policy process. This volume is necessary reading for anyone looking to better understand how Freedom of Information laws work in practice in thirteen European countries.” (Suzanne Piotrowski, Rutgers University-Newark, USA)
“This book makes a very valuable contribution to the analysis of a central topic in contemporary public laws: that of access to public data, in other words of public apparatuses transparency. It seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the related legal provisions from a "law in action" perspective, and it does so by examining thirteen internal legal systems, plus that of the European Union. ... it describes the way, quite homogeneous in the whole even if secondary variations can be identified, by which our legal systems have integrated and develop this major progress of the rule of law in the public domain that transparency of public data constitutes. This is a very important book.” (Jean-Bernard Auby, Public Law Professor, Sciences Po, Paris, France, and Director, Chair Mutations de l’Action Publique et du Droit Public)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Polonca Kovač is an Associate Professor of Administrative Law and Public Administration at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is as a steering committee member of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee) and a co-director of the Law and Administration panel of the EGPA. She is an editor and author of numerous scientific articles and books, and an OECD/SIGMA expert.
A. T. (Bert) Marseille is Professor ofPublic Administration at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is a co-director of the Law and Administration panel of the EGPA, a member of the steering committee for the promotion of Empirical Legal Studies in the Netherlands, chair of the Section North of the Dutch Association for Public Administration, and an editor of the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Laws of Transparency in Action
Book Subtitle: A European Perspective
Editors: Dacian C. Dragos, Polonca Kovač, Albert T. Marseille
Series Title: Governance and Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76460-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76459-7Published: 07 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09495-9Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76460-3Published: 20 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-728X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 666
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Governance and Government, Legislative and Executive Politics, European Union Politics