LEADER 03359nam 22008055 450 001 9910970276403321 005 20240508215120.0 010 $a9786610248568 010 $a9780230597846 010 $a023059784X 010 $a9781280248566 010 $a1280248564 010 $a9780333981306 010 $a0333981308 010 $a9780333993811 010 $a0333993810 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230597846 035 $a(CKB)111056485491656 035 $a(EBL)203698 035 $a(OCoLC)49851736 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224043 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10205131 035 $a(PQKB)10356370 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-59784-6 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL203698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2004480 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL24856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC203698 035 $a(Perlego)3498511 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485491656 100 $a20151128d2000 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Politics of Lying $eImplications for Democracy /$fby L. Cliffe, M. Ramsay, D. Bartlett 205 $a1st ed. 2000. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349403752 311 08$a134940375X 311 08$a9780333717387 311 08$a0333717384 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aComparative government 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aPolitical Science 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 676 $a320.1/01 700 $aCliffe$b Lionel$0502747 701 $aRamsay$b Maureen$f1948-$01793672 701 $aBartlett$b Dave$f1947-$01793673 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970276403321 996 $aThe Politics of Lying$94333617 997 $aUNINA