Awareness and Transparency

Abstract

The premise for the rest of the book is that the more awareness there is in society of all aspects of policy-making, the better it is. In a democratic society it should be possible for the public and concerned citizens to have insight and awareness about the basis for decision-making. From what we have seen so far it is evident that the awareness of important problems is decreasing rather than increasing, and that this is a crucial problem for our democracies.