The Rise of the Right to Know : : Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945–1975 / / Michael Schudson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Schudson, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 1 graph, 1 table
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; one. A Cultural Right to Know --; two. Origins of the Freedom of Information Act --; three. The Consumer’s Right to Be Informed --; four. Opening Up Congress --; five. The Media’s Presence --; six “To Let People Know in Time” --; seven. Transparency in a Transformed Democracy --; eight. Disclosure and Its Discontents --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674915787; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674915787?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Schudson.

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.