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050		4	_aHN59.2.G72 2002
100	1		_aGraham, Mary.
245	1	0	_aDemocracy by Disclosure : _bThe Rise of Technopopulism.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBlue Ridge Summit : _bBrookings Institution Press, _c2002.
264		4	_c©2002.
300			_a1 online resource (217 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aFront Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Power of Publicity -- Accounting for Toxic Pollution -- Food Labeling to Reduce Disease -- An Epidemic of Medical Errors -- Disclosure as Social Policy -- Appendix: The Architecture of Disclosure Systems -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
520			_aIn December 1999, the Institute of Medicine shocked the nation by reporting that as many as 98,000 Americans died each year from mistakes in hospitals--twice the number killed in auto accidents. Instead of strict rules and harsh penalties to reduce those risks, the Institute called for a system of standardized disclosure of medical errors. If it worked, it would create economic and political pressures for hospitals to improve their practices. Since the mid-1980s, Congress and state legislatures have approved scores of new disclosure laws to fight racial discrimination, reduce corruption, and improve services. The most ambitious systems aim to reduce risks in everyday life--risks from toxic pollution, contaminants in drinking water, nutrients in packaged foods, lead paint, workplace hazards, and SUV rollovers. Unlike traditional government warnings, they require corporations and other organizations to produce standardized factual information at regular intervals about risks they create. Legislated transparency has become a mainstream instrument of social policy. Mary Graham argues that these requirements represent a remarkable policy innovation. Enhanced by computers and the Internet, they are creating a new techno-populism--an optimistic conviction that information itself can improve the lives of ordinary citizens and encourage hospitals, manufacturers, food processors, banks, airlines, and other organizations to further public priorities. Drawing on detailed profiles of disclosure systems for toxic releases, nutritional labeling, and medical errors, Graham explains why the move toward greater transparency has flourished during a time of regulatory retrenchment and why corporations have often supported these massive raids on proprietary information. However, Democracy by Disclosure, sounds a cautionary note. Just as systems of financial
520	8		_adisclosure have come under new scrutiny in the wake of Enron's collapse, systems of social disclosure deserve car.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aUnited States -- Social policy -- 1980-1993.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGraham, Mary _tDemocracy by Disclosure _dBlue Ridge Summit : Brookings Institution Press,c2002 _z9780815732341
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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