More open, more democratic or better at hiding? Two decades of local government transparency in the UK

Worthy, B. and Waugh, M. (2024) More open, more democratic or better at hiding? Two decades of local government transparency in the UK. Local Government Studies, 50 (6). pp. 1062-1073. ISSN 0300-3930

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Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:
  • Worthy, B.
  • Waugh, M.
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© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords: Transparency; freedom of information; UK; local government; openness
Dates:
  • Published: 8 November 2024
  • Published (online): 8 November 2024
  • Accepted: 23 September 2024
Institution: The University of Leeds
Academic Units: The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds)
Depositing User: Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2024 16:10
Last Modified: 10 Feb 2025 16:56
Status: Published
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Identification Number: 10.1080/03003930.2024.2417222
Sustainable Development Goals:
  • Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Insitutions
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