History of Transparency in Politics and Society

Edited by Jens Ivo Engels and Frédéric Monier.

The contributions to this volume are written versions of some of the papers presented at the same named conference, which took place in Darmstadt on 18 and 19 June 2019. Today, the demand for transparency is omnipresent. In particular, transparency is considered a prerequisite for good governance, for political participation and democracy. On closer inspection, however, transparency proves to be ambivalent. For complete transparency has not yet been achieved anywhere. Moreover, measures to increase transparency can have the opposite effect and stir up mistrust. Historians are just beginning to discover this topic. The volume assembles contributions covering European history since the 19th century. With 10 contributions by Olivier Meuwly, Silvia Marton, Alexandra Alina Iancu et al. 187 Seiten, gebunden (V&R unipress 2020) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear