The transparency performance puzzle
A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of policy failure in open government initiatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6149494 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Ingrams (0000-0002-9261-9884, Tilburg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-39 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-8754 • E-ISSN: 1570-1255 |
| Publisher | IOS Press (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.3233/ip-160014 |
| OpenAlex | W2599202504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 67 |
Open government reform is frequently being used to promote greater transparency and participation in government. But conceptual models of transparency success have not been well articulated, and there is a puzzle regarding whether and why transparency policies perform. One way forward is to assess negative cases of when open government initiatives fall far short of their stipulated goals. Policy failure can be specifically measured and has strong empirical and normative salience given that poor transparency performance is a common phenomenon. In order to address the transparency performance puzzle, this paper employs institutional theory and uses fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to assess whether any combination of factors proposed by the theory present necessary or sufficient conditions for failing open government initiatives. Results show that no single condition is necessary for failure to occur. Four `recipes' of policy failure exist revealing a strong influence of lack of legal mandates and weak civil society support combined with either a poor information rights environment or low resources
Business · Computer security · Discrete mathematics · Fuzzy logic · Government (linguistics · Machine learning · Open government · Open set · Political science · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative comparative analysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · Corruption and Economic Development · Mathematics · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |