Secrecy and Open Government

Why Governments Want You to Know
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-75367-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Does the Labour Government's commitment to Freedom of Information mean the end of excessive secrecy in the UK? Why has Britain finally decided to join the many other countries that enjoy a 'right to know'? This book places the current UK debate over open government in its political context. Robertson argues that just as secrecy reflected the interests of the powerful, so too does freedom of information. This is a radical and challenging alternative to the conventional view that open government is concerned with empowering 'the people'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robertson, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Mortality of Secrecy: The Philosophy and Politics of State Secrecy Surveillance and Secrecy The End of Whitehall? Reform of the British Civil Service Accountable Government? Data Protection, Privacy and Limited Rights of Access Listening in Official Secrecy Defending the Realm: MI5 The Democratisation of UK Intelligence? Overseas Experience: FOI in Canada, Australia and New Zealand Freedom of Information in the UK Conclusion Index

Über Autor(innen)

K.G. ROBERTSON previously taught sociology at the University of Reading and was Director of Security Studies in the Graduate School of European and International Studies. He now runs his own intelligence management consultancy, . In 1993 he formed the Security and Intelligence Studies Group (SISG), a specialist group of the Political Studies Association, which has established itself as the leading UK body for the academic study of security intelligence issues. He is the author of six book and many articles on aspects of risk, intelligence and secrecy. His books include , and .