The Silent State - Secrets, Surveillance and the Myth of British Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Heather Brooke is a freelance journalist and Freedom of Information campaigner famous for uncovering the MPs' expenses scandal. She is a visiting professor at City University's Department of Journalism and is also the author of Your Right to Know . In 2009 she was named Reformer of the Year and won the Setting the Political Agenda Award from the Political Studies Association. Klappentext *SURVEILLANCE*: discover the extent of Britain's network of databases spying on ordinary citizens! *EXPENSES*: read! for the first time! the exclusive and definitive account of Brooke's five-year campaign to have MPs' expenses revealed! which rocked the nation and transformed Britain's political landscape. Zusammenfassung *SURVEILLANCE*: discover the extent of Britain's network of databases spying on ordinary citizens, *EXPENSES*: read, for the first time, the exclusive and definitive account of Brooke's five-year campaign to have MPs' expenses revealed, which rocked the nation and transformed Britain's political landscape.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Heather Brooke, BROOKE HEATHER
• Editore: Windmill Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.01.2011
• EAN: 9780099537625
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953762-5
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: WINDMILL BOOKS
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico