TY - BOOK AU - Schudson,Michael TI - The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945–1975 SN - 9780674915787 U1 - 342.73/066209045 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Consumer protection KW - History KW - 20th century KW - United States KW - Environmental impact statements KW - Freedom of information KW - Transparency in government KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915787?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674915787 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674915787/original ER -