Ben Worthy

The politics of freedom of information

How and why governments pass laws that threaten their power

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780719097676
• ISBN-10: 0719097673
• Artikelnr.: 47581859

Autorenporträt

Ben Worthy is Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

1 FOI: hard to resist and hard to escape 2 From radical to inevitable: the
development of FOI in Britain 3 New Labour, new openness? 4 The 1997 White
Paper: a symbolic victory? 5 The 1999 draft Bill: the retreat becomes a
rout 6 The Parliamentary passage: asymmetric warfare 7 FOI in the UK:
survival and afterlife 8 The US, Australia and India: two firsts and the
greatest? 9 Ireland and New Zealand: a legacy and an assault from within 10
FOI and the remaking of politics Conclusion: why do governments pass FOI
laws? References Index