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

di Heather Brooke (Autore)

Cornerstone, 2011

Award-winning investigative journalist Heather Brooke exposes the shocking and farcical lack of transparency at all levels of government. At a time when the State knows more than ever about us, Brooke argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy. *SECRECY*: anonymous bureaucrats, clandestine courts, men in tights and the true cost of 'public' information. *PROPAGANDA*: spin, PR and bullshitting by numbers. The British government spent GBP38m more on advertising last year than their closest competitor, Proctor and Gamble - find out what they spent it on! *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.

• Autore: Heather Brooke
• Editore: Cornerstone
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 202 gr.
• EAN: 9780099537625

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