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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779960103321

Autore

Cliffe Lionel

Titolo

The politics of lying [[electronic resource] ] : implications for democracy / / Lionel Cliffe, Maureen Ramsay, and Dave Bartlett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, : Macmillan Press

New York, : St. Martin's Press, 2000

ISBN

0-230-59784-X

1-280-24856-4

9786610248568

0-333-98130-8

0-333-99381-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2000.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RamsayMaureen <1948->

BartlettDave <1947->

Disciplina

320.1/01

Soggetti

Official secrets - United States

Official secrets - Great Britain

Deception - Political aspects - United States

Deception - Political aspects - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



treatment that its significance to the working of 'democratic' political practice deserves. It will thus be a volume that should interest a range of scholars in government and political theory, in comparative politics and communications.