THE IMPACT OF OPEN DATA IN THE UK: COMPLEX, UNPREDICTABLE, AND POLITICAL

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Worthy, Ben
• 署名单位: University of London; Birkbeck University London
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12166
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 788-805
• 关键词: information-act 2000; Local governance; TRANSPARENCY; GOVERNMENT; DEMOCRACY; internet; engagement; ACCOUNTABILITY; satisfaction; perceptions

摘要

This article examines the democratic impact of the UK coalition government's Transparency Agenda, focusing on the publication of all local government spending over 500 pound by councils in England. It looks at whether the new data have driven increased democratic accountability, public participation, and information transmission. The evidence suggests that the local government spending data have driven some accountability. However, rather than forging new 'performance regimes', creating 'armchair auditors', or bringingmass use and involvement, the publication creates a further element of political disruption. Assessment of the use and impact of the new spending data finds it is more complex, more unpredictable, and more political than the rhetoric around Open Data indicates. The danger is that the gap between aims and impact invites disappointment from supporters.