Freedom of information reform in China : information flow analysis / Weibing Xiao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xiao, Weibing.

Series:

Routledge law in Asia ; 10.

Routledge law in Asia ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of information--China.

Freedom of information.

Government information--China.

Government information.

Disclosure of information--China.

Disclosure of information.

Law reform--China.

Law reform.

China.

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"Freedom of Information (FOI) in China is often perceived as a recent and intriguing phenomenon. This book presents a more complex and detailed understanding of the evolution of FOI in China, using information flow analysis to explore the gradual development of government receptivity to FOI in an information environment through time. The book argues that it is necessary to reassess the widely divergent origins of FOI reform in China, and asserts that social, political and legal factors should have central roles in understanding the development of FOI in China. The book uses information flow analysis to find that FOI reform in China formed part of a much longer process of increased transparency in the Chinese information environment, which gradually shifted from the acceptance of proactive disclosure to that of reactive disclosure. FOI thus has become a beneficiary of this gradual transformation of the Chinese information environment"-- Provided by publisher.

"Freedom of Information (FOI) in China is often perceived as a recent and intriguing phenomenon. This book presents a more complex and detailed understanding of the evolution of FOI in China, using information flow analysis to explore the gradual development of government receptivity to FOI in an information environment through time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Information flow as an analytical device for FOI research

The improved information environment as a rationale for FOI reform in China

Democratization as a rationale for FOI reform in China

Law-based administration as a rationale for FOI reform in China

Reassessment of economic growth and anti-corruption efforts as rationales for FOI reform in China

Gradual legislative process for FOI reform in China

China's limited push model of FOI legislation

Compliance with proactive disclosure requirements in practice

Non compliance with reactive disclosure requirements in practice

Information flow analysis improving FOI theoretical development bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-221) and index.

ISBN:

9780415677783

0415677785

9780203802991

0203802993

OCLC:

701015675