Kregg Hetherington ist ein Autor, der sich mit tiefgreifenden soziologischen und anthropologischen Fragen auseinandersetzt. Seine Arbeit untersucht kritisch die Politik der Transparenz und ihre Auswirkungen in neoliberalen Gesellschaften. Hetheringtons Forschung konzentriert sich häufig darauf, wie Machtstrukturen auf globaler Ebene geformt und herausgefordert werden.
Kregg Hetherington uses Paraguay's turn of the twenty-first century adoption of massive soybean production and the regulatory attempts to mitigate the resulting environmental degradation as a way to show how the tools used to drive economic growth exacerbate the very environmental challenges they were designed to solve.
Exploring the intersection of information and governance, this ethnographic account delves into Paraguay's democratic transition post-Cold War. Kregg Hetherington reveals how the push for transparency has sparked new political dynamics, particularly among peasants, bureaucrats, and development experts. Conflicts arise over bureaucratic practices and document interpretation, highlighting the tension between model citizens and marginalized groups. Despite systemic exclusion, peasant activists challenge the status quo, questioning the foundations of international development and asserting their narratives in state archives.