Open Government in Authoritarian Regimes

K. O’Connor, S. Janenova, Colin Knox
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Abstract

Open government has long been regarded as a pareto-efficient policy – after all, who could be against such compelling policy objectives as transparency, accountability, citizen engagement and integrity. This paper addresses why an authoritarian state would want to adopt a policy of open government, which may first seem counter-intuitive, and tracks its outworking by examining several facets of the policy in practice. The research uncovers evidence of insidious bureaucratic obstruction and an implementation deficit counter-posed with an outward-facing political agenda to gain international respectability. The result is ‘half-open’ government in which the more benign elements have been adopted but the vested interests of government and business elites remain largely unaffected.
威权政体中的开放政府
长期以来,开放政府一直被视为帕累托效率政策——毕竟,谁会反对透明、问责、公民参与和诚信等令人信服的政策目标呢?本文阐述了为什么一个威权国家会想要采取开放政府的政策,这一政策乍一看似乎是违反直觉的,并通过研究该政策在实践中的几个方面来追踪其结果。该研究揭示了潜伏的官僚主义障碍和执行赤字的证据,与之相对的是面向外部的政治议程,以获得国际尊重。其结果是“半开放”的政府,其中更良性的元素被采纳,但政府和商业精英的既得利益在很大程度上没有受到影响。
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