The Culture of Secrecy

Britain, 1832-1998
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-820307-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

The Culture of Secrecy is the first comprehensive study of the restriction of official information in modern British history. It seeks to understand why secrets have been kept, and how systems of control have been constructed - and challenged - over the past hundred and sixty years. The author transcends the conventional boundaries of political or social history in his wide-ranging diagnosis of the `British disease' - the legal forms and habits of mind which together have constituted the national tradition of discreet reserve. The chapters range across bureaucrats and ballots, gossip and gay rights, doctors and dole investigators in their exploration of the ethical basis of power in the public, professional, commercial and domestic spheres. Professor Vincent examines concepts such as privacy and confidentiality, honour and integrity, openness and freedom of expression, which have served as benchmarks in the development of the liberal state and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vincent, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Bibliography

- Index

- 1: The Problem of Secrecy

- 2: Honourable Secrecy 1832-1870

- 3: The Road to Regulation, 1870-1911

- 4: Public Knowledge, 1911-1945

- 5: Citizenship and Secrecy, 1945-1972

- 6: Secrecy and Reform, 1972-1989

- 7: The British Way

- Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

David Vincent is Professor of Social History and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Keele.