TY - GEN T1 - Democracy by disclosure : the rise of technopopulism A1 - Graham, Mary, 1944- LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. PB - Governance Institute/Brookings Institution Press YR - 2002 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn614570337 AB - "In 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 penalities 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 of everyday life - risks from toxic pollution, contaminants in drinking water, excess fat 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 health, safety, or environmental threats they create. Legislated transparency has become a mainstream instrument of social policy."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved OP - 201 CN - HN59.2 .G72 2002eb SN - 9780815732334 SN - 0815732333 SN - 0815732341 SN - 9780815732341 SN - 9780815733379 KW - Disclosure of information : Government policy : United States. KW - Disclosure of information : Government policy : United States : States. KW - United States : Social policy : 1980-1993. KW - United States : Social policy : 1993- KW - Divulgation d'informations : Politique gouvernementale : États-Unis. KW - États-Unis : Politique sociale : 1981-1993. KW - États-Unis : Politique sociale : 1993- KW - Divulgation d'informations : Politique gouvernementale : États-Unis : États. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Services & Welfare. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Human Services. KW - COMPUTERS : Social Aspects : General. KW - Disclosure of information : Government policy KW - Social policy KW - United States KW - Informationspolitik KW - Sozialpolitik KW - USA KW - Since 1980 ER -