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Cliffe Lionel |
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Titolo |
The politics of lying [[electronic resource] ] : implications for democracy / / Lionel Cliffe, Maureen Ramsay, and Dave Bartlett |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, : Macmillan Press |
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New York, : St. Martin's Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-230-59784-X |
1-280-24856-4 |
9786610248568 |
0-333-98130-8 |
0-333-99381-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2000.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RamsayMaureen <1948-> |
BartlettDave <1947-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Official secrets - United States |
Official secrets - Great Britain |
Deception - Political aspects - United States |
Deception - Political aspects - Great Britain |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface and an Introduction; Part I: Justifying and Explaining Political Deception in a Democracy; 1 Justifications for Lying in Politics; 2 Democratic Dirty Hands; 3 Explanations: The Political Context; 4 Explanations: Deception in the US Political System; 5 Explanations: Secrecy and Deception in the UK Political Context; Part II: Case-Studies; 6 The Iran-Contra Affairs; 7 The 'War' on Drugs; 8 The Scott Inquiry: Matrix Churchill and the Arms to Iraq Affair; 9 The Pergau Dam Affair: Civil Aid and Arms Exports; 10 Shoot to kill; 11 BSE: Mad Cows and Deregulation; Conclusions |
BibliographyIndex |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides the first attempt to synthesise what is a pervasive phenomenon, and one that is mentioned tangentially in many political analyses, but nowhere receives the systematic and theoretical |
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