Politics of Lying : Implications for Democracy.
Title:
Politics of Lying : Implications for Democracy.
Author:
Cliffe, Lionel.
ISBN:
9780333993811
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
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 -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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