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Public Sector Information in the Digital Age - Between Markets, Public Management and Citizens' Rights (Hardcover)
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Public Sector Information in the Digital Age - Between Markets, Public Management and Citizens' Rights (Hardcover)
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This timely volume reviews key issues and developments in the
controversial area of public sector information (PSI). It addresses
the fundamental themes, challenges and conflicts surrounding the
access to, and use of, PSI in the new digital era. Using detailed
empirical analyses and case studies from across Europe and the USA,
the authors focus on the crucial policy, economic, legal and social
issues. The public sector is the biggest single producer and holder
of information including administrative and government documents,
regulatory texts, political data and public registers. The authors
demonstrate that this huge store of information is a key resource
for a broad range of stakeholders such as citizens, civic
organisations, private businesses and public sector agencies. They
argue that charging the marginal cost of dissemination, a policy
favoured in the US, will lead to optimal economic growth in society
and will far outweigh the immediate perceived benefits of
aggressive cost recovery. They illustrate how open government
information policies create significant economic advantages to
society and are beneficial in both the short and long term for the
general public, the private sector and for governments themselves.
This is one of the first books devoted to addressing the new
challenges of access to PSI and the role of public policy. The
international contributors, including leading experts from Europe
and US, have produced an informative and coherent resource that
will be of interest to scholars, students and decision-makers
working in the fields of public policy, economics, political
science, law and information technology.
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