Kregg Hetherington est un auteur qui explore de profondes questions sociologiques et anthropologiques. Son œuvre examine de manière critique la politique de la transparence et ses impacts au sein des sociétés néolibérales. La recherche de Hetherington se concentre souvent sur la manière dont les structures de pouvoir sont façonnées et remises en question à l'échelle mondiale.
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.