The rise of the right to know : politics and the culture of transparency, 1945-1975 / Michael Schudson

Author: Schudson, Michael
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date: ©2015
Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 pages)

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A cultural right to know -- Origins of the Freedom of Information Act -- The consumer's right to be informed -- Opening up Congress -- The media's presence -- "To let people know in time" -- Transparency in a transformed democracy -- Disclosure and its discontents.

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"Modern transparency dates to the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s--well before the Internet. Michael Schudson shows how the "right to know" has defined a new era for democracy--less focus on parties and elections, more pluralism and more players, year-round monitoring of government, and a blurring line between politics and society, public and private."--Provided by publisher

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9780674915787 (electronic bk.)
067491578X (electronic bk.)
9780674744059 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0674744055 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-329) and index.

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