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Open Government

First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act. It draws attention to the practical problems such changes would pose for both politicians and civil servants working in an adversarial system of government. It examines the effects of proposed changes on the conventions which are a fundamental feature of the British constitution. It also considers the political significance of reforms, both to demands for increased public participation in policy-making and to actual policies. Local and international perspectives on open government are included in order to provide an informed insight into an important issue of contemporary concern.

Open Government

A study of the prospects of open government
within the limitations of the
British political system

Edited by
Richard A. Chapman
and
Michael Hunt

First published in 1987
by Croom Helm Ltd

This edition first published in 2011 by Routledge
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1987 Richard A. Chapman and Michael Hunt

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A Library of Congress record exists under ISBN: 070993484X

ISBN 13: 978-0-415-50812-4 (hbk)

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OPEN
GOVERNMENT

A study of the prospects of open
government within the limitations
of the British political system

Edited by Richard A. Chapman and
Michael Hunt

First published 1987 by Croom Helm Ltd
Reprinted by Routledge 1989
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

1987 Richard A. Chapman and Michael Hunt
Printed and bound in Great Britain
by Mackays of Chatham Ltd, Kent

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Open government: a study of the prospects of
open government within the limitations of
the British political system
1. Great Britain. Official documents.
Access. Rights of public
I. Chapman, Richard A. (Richard Arnold),
1937
II. Hunt, Michael, 1947
323.445

ISBN 0-415-03953-3

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Open government.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. Government information Great Britain. 2. Official secrets Great Britain. 3. Freedom of information Great Britain. I. Chapman, Richard A. II. Hunt, Michael.

JN329.S4064 1987 323.445 87-9176

ISBN 0-415-03953-3

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This volume consists of revised versions of papers, all except one of which were originally presented to a research workshop on Open Government which was held on 10, 11 and 12 April 1986 in Beaumont Hall, University of Leicester. It was the fourth of a series of seminars organised under the auspices of the Public Administration Committee of the Joint University Council. The seminar was planned and organised jointly by Richard A. Chapman and Michael Hunt. We were particularly pleased that Merlyn Rees, the former Home Secretary, was able to join us on the first evening as our after-dinner Keynote Speaker.

The workshop was made possible through grants from the Joint University Council itself and from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and we should like to record our thanks for their assistance. Dr Rosamund Thomas wishes to record her gratitude to the Leverhulme Trust for financing her research into privacy, secrecy and freedom of information; her two chapters in this volume are based on that research.

The authors of the individual chapters accept full responsibility for what they have written. In many respects these chapters benefited from comments from the seminar participants, both during formal and informal discussions in Leicester and also on drafts before final versions were prepared for publication. All the authors are grateful for these comments and wish to record their special thanks to the seminar participants.

R.A.C.

M.H.

CONTRIBUTORS

Professor Richard A. Chapman is Professor of Politics, University of Durham. He previously taught at Carleton University and the Universities of Leicester, Liverpool and Birmingham; before that he was a civil servant. He was Chairman of the Public Administration Committee of the Joint University Council 1977-81 and Chairman of the Joint University Council 1983-86. His most recent book is Leadership in the British Civil Service (Croom Helm, 1984).

Mr Anthony Clipsom is a graduate of the Universities of Bradford and Manchester and the author of a thesis on the effectiveness of Public Enquiries as forums for public participation on technological issues. He worked for the Horton Outreach Project as a community worker, then became a research worker at the Through the Open Door project which was sponsored by Bradford City Council to examine the practical problems of increasing public participation in that Authority's decisionmaking process. He works for Bradford Council for Voluntary Service.

Mr Michael Hunt is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield City Polytechnic, and has taught there since 1975. A graduate of the Universities of London and Sheffield, he has concentrated his teaching in the area of Public Administration and was course leader for the Polytechnic's BA degree in Public Administration from 1980 to 1985. Besides work on Open Government, he has recently contributed a chapter to J. A. Chandler (Ed) Local Government in Liberal Democracies (Croom Helm, 1987).

The Rt Hon Sir Patrick Nairne GCB, MC, has been Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford, since 1981 and Chancellor of the University of Essex since 1983. After war service and Oxford University, he entered the Civil Service in 1947. He served in the Admiralty and Ministry of Defence 1947-73; was Second Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office 1973-5; and Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Security 1975-81. In 1982 he was a Member of the Falkland Islands Review Committee. He is a Member of the Panel of former Civil Servants advising the Campaign for Freedom of Information.

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