Freedom of Information and the Developing World: The Citizen, the State and Models of Openness - Couverture souple

Darch, Colin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843341476 ISBN 13 : 9781843341475

Editeur : Chandos Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Rather than simply summarising the state of play in African countries and elsewhere, Freedom of Information and the Developing World identifies and makes explicit the assumptions about the citizen's relationship to the state that lie beneath Freedom of Information (FoI) discourse. The book goes on to test them against the reality of the pervasive politics of patronage that characterise much of African practice.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Dr Colin Darch is based at the African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town as a researcher, and his current research interests include the role of intellectual property laws in relation to development issues in less developed countries, the functioning of such research quality controls as peer review in the LIS environment, and FoI issues in Africa.

Professor Peter G. Underwood is Director of the University of Cape Town Centre for Information Literacy and Professor of Librarianship at the University of Cape Town, having occupied this position since 1992. Prior to this he spent twenty years as Lecturer in the Department of Information and Library Studies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of many books and articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chandos Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843341476
• ISBN 13: 9781843341475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible