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The Politics of Freedom of Information : How and Why Governments Pass Laws That Threaten Their Power.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526108517
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics of Freedom of InformationDDC classification:
  • 342.08/53
LOC classification:
  • KD3756 .W67 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The politics of freedomof information -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1.FOI: hard to resist and hard to escape -- 2.From radical to inevitable: the development of FOI in Britain -- 3.New Labour, new openness? -- 4.The 1997 White Paper: a symbolic victory? -- 5.The 1999 draft Bill: the retreat becomes a rout -- 6.The Parliamentary passage: asymmetric warfare -- 7.FOI in the UK: survival and afterlife -- 8.The US, Australia and India: two firsts and the greatest? -- 9.Ireland and New Zealand: a legacy and an assault from within -- 10.FOI and the remaking of politics -- Conclusion: why do governments pass FOI laws? -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless.
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Cover -- The politics of freedomof information -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1.FOI: hard to resist and hard to escape -- 2.From radical to inevitable: the development of FOI in Britain -- 3.New Labour, new openness? -- 4.The 1997 White Paper: a symbolic victory? -- 5.The 1999 draft Bill: the retreat becomes a rout -- 6.The Parliamentary passage: asymmetric warfare -- 7.FOI in the UK: survival and afterlife -- 8.The US, Australia and India: two firsts and the greatest? -- 9.Ireland and New Zealand: a legacy and an assault from within -- 10.FOI and the remaking of politics -- Conclusion: why do governments pass FOI laws? -- References -- Index.

This book explores the implementation of the UK's FOI law under Tony Blair, showing how the radical policy was weakened by compromises and clandestine agreements before reaching the statute book, though it went on to be controversial and disruptive nonetheless.

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