03492nam 22007694a 450 991077996010332120200520144314.00-230-59784-X1-280-24856-497866102485680-333-98130-80-333-99381-010.1057/9780230597846(CKB)111056485491656(EBL)203698(OCoLC)49851736(SSID)ssj0000224043(PQKBManifestationID)11175131(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224043(PQKBWorkID)10205131(PQKB)10356370(DE-He213)978-0-230-59784-6(Au-PeEL)EBL203698(CaPaEBR)ebr2004480(CaONFJC)MIL24856(MiAaPQ)EBC203698(EXLCZ)9911105648549165619991013d2000 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrThe politics of lying[electronic resource] implications for democracy /Lionel Cliffe, Maureen Ramsay, and Dave Bartlett1st ed. 2000.Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire Macmillan Press ;New York St. Martin's Press20001 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-40375-X 0-333-71738-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index.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; ConclusionsBibliographyIndexThis 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.Official secretsUnited StatesOfficial secretsGreat BritainOfficial secretsUnited StatesCase studiesOfficial secretsGreat BritainCase studiesDeceptionPolitical aspectsUnited StatesDeceptionPolitical aspectsGreat BritainOfficial secretsOfficial secretsOfficial secretsOfficial secretsDeceptionPolitical aspectsDeceptionPolitical aspects320.1/01Cliffe Lionel502747Ramsay Maureen1948-1548213Bartlett Dave1947-1548214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779960103321The politics of lying3805057UNINA