03359nam 22008055 450 991097027640332120240508215120.097866102485689780230597846023059784X97812802485661280248564978033398130603339813089780333993811033399381010.1057/9780230597846(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(Perlego)3498511(EXLCZ)9911105648549165620151128d2000 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrThe Politics of Lying Implications for Democracy /by L. Cliffe, M. Ramsay, D. Bartlett1st ed. 2000.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2000.1 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349403752 134940375X 9780333717387 0333717384 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.Comparative governmentPolitical scienceComparative PoliticsPolitical ScienceComparative government.Political science.Comparative Politics.Political Science.320.1/01Cliffe Lionel502747Ramsay Maureen1948-1793672Bartlett Dave1947-1793673MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970276403321The Politics of Lying4333617UNINA