Kregg Hetherington is een auteur die zich verdiept in ingrijpende sociologische en antropologische vraagstukken. Zijn werk onderzoekt kritisch de politiek van transparantie en de impact daarvan binnen neoliberale samenlevingen. Hetheringtons onderzoek richt zich vaak op de manier waarop machtsstructuren op mondiale schaal worden gevormd en uitgedaagd.
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.