Bates, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-8470 (2014) The strategic importance of information policy for the contemporary neoliberal state: the case of Open Government Data in the United Kingdom. Government Information Quarterly, 31 (3). 388 - 395. ISSN 0740-624X
Abstract
The article analyses the role of Open Government Data policy as part of the broader public policy agenda of the UK government. A thematic analysis of interview, observational and policy documentation is presented which suggests that since 2010 the Open Government Data agenda has been used strategically by the UK's centre-right coalition government to progress a range of controversial policies, which are aimed at the continuation of the neoliberal form of state through its current crisis. Specifically, the relationship between Open Government Data policy and the neoliberal objectives of the marketisation of public services and privatisation of public assets, the leveraging of financial markets and the pharmaceutical industry, and the embedding of OGD into a broader agenda aimed at rebuilding trust in political elites are analysed. These findings are examined in relation to Braman's (2006, 2011) arguments regarding the strategic implementation of information policy by Governments in the exercising of state power, and the development of the 'informational state'. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Government Information Quarterly. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Data policy; Information policy; Marketisation; Neoliberalism; Open Government Data; Re-use of Public Sector Information; United Kingdom |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2014 09:37 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2024 14:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.giq.2014.02.009 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80765 |
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