Paradoja y elite de transparencia. Un estudio de los compromisos de gobierno abierto de la Argentina

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/rc.vi8.172

Palabras clave:

gobierno abierto, transparencia, elite, Argentina

Resumen

El gobierno abierto con sus tres pilares de transparencia, colaboración y participación ha tenido un importante auge en los últimos quince años. Dos modelos predominantes de gobierno abierto han marcado el rumbo. Uno centrado en la rendición de cuentas de decisiones del gobierno en foros específicos de ciudadanía y otro centrado en la disponibilidad y accesibilidad de información que pueda ser usada por individuos o empresas. El problema es que cuando ambos modelos se combinan de manera imperfecta se genera la denominada paradoja de la transparencia...

Biografía del autor/a

Mariano Mosquera, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Argentina

Director del MBA y del Centro de Bioética de la Universidad Católica de Córdoba en Argentina. Doctor en Ciencia Política y Posdoctorado de FLACSO Chile. Profesor e investigador en ética, transparencia y anticorrupción en universidades de América Latina, España, Estados Unidos y China. Fue becario del Centro de Ética de la Universidad de Harvard y trabajó para organismos internacionales como el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD). Fue consultor de la Oficina Anticorrupción de la Nación en Argentina. Autor de dos libros y de numerosos artículos científicos.

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02-07-2026

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Mosquera, M. (2026). Paradoja y elite de transparencia. Un estudio de los compromisos de gobierno abierto de la Argentina. RC Rendición De Cuentas, (8). https://doi.org/10.32870/rc.vi8.172

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