Secrecy in Britain
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Secrecy in Britain
(Historical Association studies)
B. Blackwell, 1989
- U.S. : est.
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-83) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Britain has one of the most extensive systems controlling the flow of information of any Western democracy. In this book Britain Clive Ponting discusses the passing of the 1911 and 1920 Acts, and famous prosecutions brought under these Acts including Compton Mackenzie, the "Crossman Diaries", Sarah Tisdall, "Spycatcher" and Ponting himself. The author charts the growth of secrecy institutions in Britain in non-security areas, the development of the "secret state" and its apparatus, and the growing pressure for reform over the past 20 years.
Table of Contents
- The secrecy laws
- growth of the secret state
- secrecy and media
- the culture of society
- use and abuse of the law
- famous cases
- pressures for change
- a new secrecy law chronology.
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