Secrecy and Open Government
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Secrecy and Open Government

Why Governments Want you to Know

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Secrecy and Open Government

Why Governments Want you to Know

About this book

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'.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Secrecy and OPen Government
  3. Contents
  4. 1 Introduction
  5. 2 The Morality of Secrecy: the Philosophy and Politics of State Secrecy
  6. 3 Surveillance and Secrecy
  7. 4 The End of Whitehall? Reform of the British Civil Service
  8. 5 Accountable Government?
  9. 6 Data Protection, Privacy and Limited Rights of Access
  10. 7 Listening In
  11. 8 Official Secrecy
  12. 9 Defending the Realm: MI5
  13. 10 The Democratisation of UK Intelligence?
  14. 11 Overseas Experience: FOI in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
  15. 12 Freedom of Information in the UK
  16. 13 Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Index