Description: Argues that increasing levels of transparency do not always change international politics for the better.
Brief description: Kristin M. Lord is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. She is the coeditor (with Bernard I. Finel) of Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency.
Review Quotes: "This book provides a good survey of an important subject and a critical perspective that is very much needed in a climate where transparency is seen as an obvious good with immediate consequences."