This study presents an overview of the evolving relationship between technology and global
politics, focusing on global techno-politics (GTP). Technology was seen as neutral and …

This study surveys journalists in central and eastern Europe to identify areas of pressure in
their work. It identifies a media ownership, attacks by politicians, deteriorating legal …

Após cinco anos em vigor, quão bem a lei brasileira de acesso à informação (LAI) está
funcionando? E o que pode ser feito para melhorar? A partir da análise de dados oficiais …

The quality of transparency at the local level affects the provision of essential services such
as health, education, and security. Most scholarship on local compliance with national …

This paper conducts a comparative literature survey of Open Government Data (OGD) and
Freedom of Information (FOI), with a view to tracking the central themes in the two civil …

How well do governments comply with their own transparency statutes? Alarmingly, answers
to this question are in short supply because of patchy comparative data. This study begins to …

This study surveyed data journalists from 71 countries to compare how public transparency
infrastructure influences data journalism practices around the world. Emphasizing cross …

How well is Brazil's access to information (ATI) law working five years after passage? And
what can be done to improve it? Drawing on official data as well as nine evaluations of …

India's progressive Right to Information Act (RTIA) is a global model. The RTIA was adopted
a decade and a half ago to serve as a check on corruption and to advance democracy …

Under freedom of information (FOI) regulations, public officials are pressured to grant
citizens access to public information by responding to citizen information requests. However …