List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Notes on Contributors, FoI Research Workshop Participants, List of Abbreviations, 1 Freedom of Information: Local Government, 2 The Context and Challenges of Freedom of Information in Local Government: A Practitioner's Perspective, 3 Openness and Freedom of Information in Local Government: Concepts and Issues, 4 O pen Government at the Local Level in England: FoI Implementation from 2005 to 2008, 5 Local Government, Freedom of Information and Participation, 6 Freedom of Information in Scotland and the UK: Time to Notice the Difference, 7 The Impact of Freedom of Information on Irish Local Government, 8 Freedom of Information and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, 9 Freedom of Information and Participation: Comparing Local and Central Government, 10 The Morality of Open Government, 11 Freedom of Information: Local Government, Democracy and Accountability, Appendix: Information Commissioner's Office Model Publication Scheme, Index