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The Culture of Secrecy
David Vincent
其他書名
Britain, 1832-1998
出版Oxford University Press, 1998
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th CenturyHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Communication StudiesPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / ReferencePolitical Science / Political FreedomSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN01982030719780198203070
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ANBwRlsXggwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.