This book critiques the contemporary recourse to transparency in law and policy.

Rachel Adams is a Senior Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Information Law and Policy Centre, at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: The Discourse of Transparency

'Beginning with the things it produced'

The Discourse of Transparency

Transparency in Scholarship

Book Outline

Approach: The Order of Discourse

Summary

Further Reading

PART I: THE DISCOURSE OF TRANSPARENCY

Chapter 1: A Brief History of Transparency's Entry in Discourse

Abstract

Introduction

Archaeology

Transparency, the Enlightenment and Human Rights

Designing Transparency

Transparency as Metaphor

Summary

Further Reading

Chapter 2: Access to Information Delimited

Abstract

Introduction

Epistemic Violence of Transparency

Law and Exclusion

Summary

Further Reading

Chapter 3: Transparency Universal

Abstract

Introduction

Transparency and Inclusivity

Proselytising Transparency

Summary

Further Reading

PART II: TOWARD THE POST-TRANSPARENT

Chapter 4: The Fallacies of Transparency: Fake News, Artificial Intelligence and the Hyperinformation Society

Abstract

Introduction

Fake News: Baudrillard and the Hyperinformation Society

The Illusion of Transparency

Summary

Further Reading

Chapter 5: Producing the Transparent Subject: The Gaze Turns Inward

Introduction

Foucault and Subjectivity

The Transparent Subject

Self-Disclosure

Legislating for the Transparent Subject

Whistleblowing Laws

Depoliticising Effects

Summary Further Reading

PART III: RESISTANCE

Chapter 6: Resisting Transparency

Abstract

Introduction

Foucault, Power and Resistance

Resistance to Transparency

Summary

Further Reading

Conclusion