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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alasdair Roberts |
ISBN: | 0521858704 9780521858700 |
OCLC Number: | 62307703 |
Awards: | Winner of Charles H. Levine Award, International Political Science Association 2007 |
Description: | xi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. The glass case -- I. Context -- 2. Secrecy and security -- 3. Regime change -- 4. Message discipline -- 5. Soft states -- II. Structure -- 6. Opaque networks -- 7. The corporate evil -- 8. Remote control -- III. Technology -- 9. Liquid paper -- IV. Conclusion -- 10. The end of the story? |
Responsibility: | Alasdair Roberts. |
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Alasdair Roberts' Blacked Out is a fast-paced, well-informed and engrossing account of the emergence of a worldwide movement to hold governments accountable by requiring them to disclose information they would rather withhold to conceal corruption, bureaucratic incompetence, environmental degradation, human rights abuses and other misconduct. It is essential reading for proponents of open societies. -Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute "Alasdair Roberts has written a monumentally important book, not only about secrecy and the right-to-know movement, but about the deeply troubling 'ethic of detachment' and quiescence of the American public. What good is significant information about abuses of power if there is no accountability, if no one acts on that information?" -Charles Lewis, President, The Fund for Independence in Journalism "Professor Roberts provides keen insights into the power struggle over secretiveness in supranational institutions...Blacked Out makes it crystal clear that the game has changed drastically when it comes to guarding citizens' right to information about the activities conducted by governments and their private surrogates." -Doris Graber, University of Illinois "Blacked Out, is an accessible and detailed account of the rise and partial fall of the information disclosure culture in governments around the world." -Craig Forcese, Ottawa Law Review "Roberts describes the tactics that politicians and bureaucrats have used to preserve government secrecy, explains how profound changes in the structure of government-notably privatization of public services-are complicating campaigns for openness, and notes how new information technologies sometimes enhance openness, but sometimes create barriers." -Future Survey Read more...


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