Secrecy and power in the British State : a history of the Official Secrets Act
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0745310923
ISBN 13
9780745310923
DDC
342.41
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
viii, 140 pages
Subject
Official Secrets Act
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Abstract
"Looking at how British membership of the European Union may affect the relationship between the state, the citizen and secrecy, the author claims that until a greater understanding of what is happening is achieved, the British state is destined to remain undemocratic in many vital respects." - Voila
Description
Contents:
1. Rethinking the British Secret State -- 2. Bureaucratisation of Secrecy -- 3. Inventing the Enemy, 1919-1945 -- 4. Failure of Cold War Security -- 5. Official Secrecy and the Press -- 6. Resistance and Reform under Thatcher -- 7. British State and the Future of Secrecy.
1. Rethinking the British Secret State -- 2. Bureaucratisation of Secrecy -- 3. Inventing the Enemy, 1919-1945 -- 4. Failure of Cold War Security -- 5. Official Secrecy and the Press -- 6. Resistance and Reform under Thatcher -- 7. British State and the Future of Secrecy.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-135) and index.
Number of Copies
1
