TY  - BOOK
AU  - Worthy,Ben
TI  - The politics of freedom of information: how and why governments pass laws that threaten their power 
T2  - Manchester Political Studies
SN  - 9781526108524
AV  - KD3756 .W67 2017
U1  - 323.4450941 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Freedom of information
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Liberté d'information
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Freedom of information law
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Law
KW  - LAW
KW  - Public
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Civil Rights
KW  - Human Rights
KW  - LAW / Public
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
KW  - Constitutional & administrative law: general
KW  - Administrative jurisdiction & public administration
KW  - thema
KW  - 1997-2007
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 1. FOI: hard to resist and hard to escape 2. From radical to inevitable: the development of FOI in Britain 3. New Labour, new openness? 4. The 1997 White Paper: a symbolic victory? 5. The 1999 draft Bill: the retreat becomes a rout 6. The Parliamentary passage: asymmetric warfare 7. FOI in the UK: survival and afterlife 8. The US, Australia and India: two firsts and the greatest? 9. Ireland and New Zealand: a legacy and an assault from within 10. FOI and the remaking of politics Conclusion: why do governments pass FOI laws? References Index; Includes bibliographical references and index; FOI : hard to resist and hard to escape --; From radical to inevitable : the development of FOI in Britain --; New Labour, new openness? --; The 1997 white paper : a symbolic victory? --; The 1999 draft bill : the retreat becomes a rout --; The Parliamentary passage : asymmetric warfare --; FOI in the UK : survival and afterlife --; The US, Australia and India : two firsts and the greatest? --; Ireland and New Zealand : a legacy and an assault from within --; FOI and the remaking of politics --; Conclusion; Why do governments pass FOI laws?
N2  - "Why do governments pass freedom of information laws? The symbolic power and force surrounding FOI makes it appealing as an electoral promise but hard to disengage from once in power. However, behind closed doors compromises and manoeuvres ensure that bold policies are seriously weakened before they reach the statute book. This book examines how Tony Blair's government proposed a radical FOI law only to back down in fear of what it would do. But FOI survived, in part due to the government's reluctance to be seen to reject a law that spoke of 'freedom', 'information' and 'rights'. After comparing the British experience with the difficult development of FOI in Australia, India and the United States - and the rather different cases of Ireland and New Zealand - the book concludes by looking at how the disruptive, dynamic and democratic effects of FOI laws continue to cause controversy once in operation."--
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