Whistleblowers, Leakers, and Their Networks - From Snowden to Samizdat

With its conceptual innovations and case studies, Whistleblowers clarifies the much-discussed but under-studied phenomena of leaking and whistleblowing, with a particular focus on the collaborative networks that make the extraction and publication of secrets possible.

List of contents

Ch. 1: Introduction
Ch. 2: Conceptualizing Whistleblowing
Ch. 3: Who Blows Whistles? Insiders, Outsiders, and Their Networks
Ch. 4: Dark Networks that Shed Light: The Case of the Chronicle of Current Events
Ch. 5: The Curious Grapevine in Reverse: Human Rights Organizations' Whistleblowing Networks
Ch. 6: WikiLeaks's Rise, Relevance, and Power
Ch. 7: The Wide World of Whistleblowing on the Web
Ch. 8: Exfiltrators
Ch. 9: Conclusion

About the author

Jason Ross Arnold is associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws (2014). According to Jan Goldman, SPIES series editor, he is a rising star.

Summary

With its conceptual innovations and case studies, Whistleblowers clarifies the much-discussed but under-studied phenomena of leaking and whistleblowing, with a particular focus on the collaborative networks that make the extraction and publication of secrets possible.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Ross Arnold, Arnold Jason Ross
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781538130551
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3055-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series; Security and Professional Inte
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Warfare & defence, Espionage & secret services, Warfare and defence, Espionage and secret services