Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability : Challenges for Social Research /

"Secrecy and fake news define our contemporary world. Mike Sheaff's fascinating book is a timely investigation into the ways in which organisations can use a discourse of privacy to justify the withholding of information that threatens their power. Sheaff explores the implications of secre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheaff, Mike (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Public and Private: Transparency and Responsibility
  • 3. A Right to Privacy and a Right to Know
  • 4. Secrecy and 'Studying-up'
  • 5. FOIA and 'Studying-up:' A Case Study
  • 6. Trust, Transparency and Privacy. .