Who pays the piper? The political economy of freedom of information

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-400

  McClean, Tom ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative assessment; Corporatism; Freedom of information; Measurement and evaluation; Path dependence; Pluralism; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956177206     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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