Wikileaks and the age of transparency
By: Micah L. Sifry
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781582437798
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Government information; Political aspects; WikiLeaks (Organization); Access control; Official secrets; Transparency in government; Freedom of information; WikiLeaks; Wikis (Computer science)
Description: Looks at the rise in prominence of Wikileaks, and the broader ongoing trend away from closed systems and toward transparency and openness in government and corporations.
Notes: Foreword by Andrew Rasiej.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The WikiLeaks moment; title: The beginning of the age of networked politics; title: From scarcity to abundance; title: Kicking down the door to the smoke-filled room; title: The global transparency movement; title: Open government: a movement or a mirage?; title: The end of secrecy; title: WikiLeaks and the future of the transparency movement.