Transparency and Accountability

Cameron, Peter; Stanley, Michael C.

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-9658-2_ch8

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“…In recent times, developments in information technologies have made possible the sharing of vast quantities of government data. We can also add to this the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and commitments to a “transparency revolution” as part of David Cameron's “Open Government” agenda (Cameron, 2010). Access to such information is not unwelcome, yet we must remind ourselves that information is not accountability (Roberts, 2010).…”

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The new “corporate state”: The meshing of corporate and political power and the erosion of democratic accountability in the UK

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This article argues that since 1979, in the UK, democratic accountability has been eroded—in spite of the far greater emphasis formally placed upon meeting the ideal of transparent workings of power. First, we look at structural reforms made to the government by Margaret Thatcher and how these led to an attenuation of ministerial accountability. Second, we consider how the increasing role of accountants and management consultants in formulating and delivering government policy subverts the ideal of a disinterested bureaucracy and results in a blurring of private (for‐profit) and public interests.

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