%0 Journal Article
%T The Improvement of Democracy Trought Transparency and Its Limits
%J -
%D 2017
%X Contemporary democracies have been configured as observation societies, which is revealed by the meteoric rise of the demand for transparency. This article examines the limits of transparency and its side effects as well as the disadvantages of a purely ocular conception of democracy. It proposes balancing the obligations for transparency with other democratic values that should be afforded equal weight.
%K Tranparency
%K Publicity
%K Democracy
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=204&doi=10.11648/j.ijp.20170505.11