This article discusses the relationship between the open government data (OGD) movement
and the right to information (RTI) movement. While both movements are closely related …

This article contributes to the discussion concerning the ways in which network governance
and classical-modernist government practices juxtapose and redefine the idea of publicity in …

Openness implies bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. The Paradox of
Openness analyses the tensions encountered when openness is applied to the quest for …

Since the 1990s, social scientists in Western countries have noticed a shift in policy-making
towards networks and the involvement of civil society and market actors, usually referred to …

In April 2010 while working for the Finnish Institute in London, I organised a small morning
seminar under the title “Digital Approaches to widening civic participation–cases Open …

This article examines the intertwined circulation of multiple kinds of Nordic models. We seek
to understand how modelization of the region occurred at multiple levels and in disparate …

In the article the challenge of multiple accountabilities in Finnish public administration is
analyzed from the viewpoints of citizens, legislators and local managers. By asking …

This paper discusses the relationship between the open government data (OGD) movement
and the right to information (RTI) movement. While both movements are closely related …

Accountability is a very widespread concept and one of the key principles of modern public
governance. The concept involves an obligation to account, or answer, for the way in which …

In the Finnish consensus democracy, public discussion has traditionally played a small role
in policymaking. Consensus and compromises have been built within small circles of …