Backroom Deals in Our Backyards - How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back

"A work of investigative reporting on five "accidental activists" who fight back against local and state governments to keep their communities safe"--

About the author

Miranda S. Spivack is a veteran reporter and editor who specializes in stories about government accountability and secrecy. She spent twenty years as an award-winning editor and reporter for the Washington Post. A former Fulbright Scholar and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University and the author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards (The New Press), she lives in Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Miranda S Spivack
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.06.2025
• EAN: 9781620978559
• ISBN: 978-1-62097-855-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, Political activism, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Social and ethical issues, Civics and citizenship, Regional, state and other local government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Regional government law, Political activism / Political engagement