When Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto launched the third summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in October 2015, protesters disputed his highly scripted account of his government’s transparency. The OGP may be growing but increasingly scholars and journalists are reporting a degradation of freedom of information (FOI), even in comparatively open societies like Aotearoa/New Zealand. Stemming from a doctoral review of FOI scholarship, this article traces FOI’s origins and role in democratic governance and finds scholarssituate access to state-held information as a fundamental human right. However, it describes scepticism among journalism practitioners and researchers alike about the realpolitik success of FOI regimes. Researchers have recorded tendencies back to state secrecy since the declaration of the so-called war on terror and document various other FOI failures, from blatant disregard for the law to an ever-growing structural pluralism that is casting shadows over state expenditure. This article also considers literature on Aotearoa-New Zealand’s FOI regime, work largely produced by legal-studies and policy-studies scholars. It outlines what research does exist within journalism studies but contends a lack of more significant contributions has restricted our understanding of the regime.

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FOI 奖学金反映了对保密的回归

2015 年 10 月，墨西哥总统恩里克·佩纳·涅托 (Enrique Pena Nieto) 发起了第三次开放政府伙伴关系 (OGP) 峰会，抗议者对他对政府透明度的高度脚本化的描述提出异议。OGP 可能正在增长，但越来越多的学者和记者报告信息自由 (FOI) 的退化，即使在像 Aotearoa/新西兰这样相对开放的社会也是如此。本文源自对 FOI 奖学金的博士评论，追溯了 FOI 的起源和在民主治理中的作用，并发现学者将获取国家掌握的信息视为一项基本人权。然而，它描述了新闻从业者和研究人员对 FOI 制度在现实政治上取得成功的怀疑态度。研究人员记录了自宣布所谓的反恐战争以来国家保密的趋势，并记录了其他各种信息自由的失败，从公然无视法律到不断增长的结构多元化给国家支出投下阴影。本文还考虑了有关 Aotearoa-新西兰 FOI 制度的文献，这些作品主要由法律研究和政策研究学者制作。它概述了新闻研究中确实存在哪些研究，但认为缺乏更重要的贡献限制了我们对该制度的理解。主要由法律研究和政策研究学者完成的工作。它概述了新闻研究中确实存在哪些研究，但认为缺乏更重要的贡献限制了我们对该制度的理解。主要由法律研究和政策研究学者完成的工作。它概述了新闻研究中确实存在哪些研究，但认为缺乏更重要的贡献限制了我们对该制度的理解。