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The Politics of Lying

Implications for Democracy

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Lionel Cliffe

    1. Department of Politics, University of Leeds, UK

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  2. Maureen Ramsay

    1. Department of Politics, University of Leeds, UK

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  3. Dave Bartlett

    1. Department of Politics, University of Leeds, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Justifying and Explaining Political Deception in a Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Justifications for Lying in Politics

      • Maureen Ramsay
      Pages 3-26

    3. Democratic Dirty Hands

      • Maureen Ramsay
      Pages 27-42

    4. Explanations: The Political Context

      • Maureen Ramsay
      Pages 43-55

    5. Explanations: Deception in the US Political System

      • Lionel Cliffe
      Pages 56-79

    6. Explanations: Secrecy and Deception in the British Political Context

      • Lionel Cliffe
      Pages 80-91

  3. Case-Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Iran–Contra Affairs

      • Lionel Cliffe
      Pages 95-108

    3. The ‘War’ on Drugs

      • Lionel Cliffe
      Pages 109-129

    4. The Scott Inquiry: Matrix Churchill and the Arms to Iraq Affair

      • Dave Bartlett
      Pages 130-152

    5. The Pergau Dam Affair: Civil Aid and Arms Exports

      • Dave Bartlett
      Pages 153-165

    6. Shoot to Kill

      • Maureen Ramsay
      Pages 166-187

    7. BSE: Mad Cows and Deregulation

      • Dave Bartlett
      Pages 188-206

  4. Conclusions

    1. Conclusions

      • Maureen Ramsay, Lionel Cliffe
      Pages 207-216

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 217-236
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About this book

This book provides the first attempt to synthesise what is a pervasive phenomenon, and one that is mentioned tangentially in many political analyses, but nowhere receives the systematic and theoretical treatment that its significance to the working of 'democratic' political practice deserves. It will thus be a volume that should interest a range of scholars in government and political theory, in comparative politics and communications.

Reviews

'A refreshing and timely study on an issue central to our understanding of how we are governed and one too often neglected by academics.' - Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics, University of Leeds, UK

    Lionel Cliffe, Maureen Ramsay, Dave Bartlett

About the authors

LIONEL CLIFFE is Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds where he has worked for 10 years. He is a specialist in international politics and political economy, with special emphasis on developing countries and the relations of the west towards them. He is Deputy Director of the Leeds Centre for Democratisation Studies and has done much research on the 'third wave of democratisation'.

MAUREEN RAMSAY is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leeds where she has worked since 1992. Before this she was Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University. Her focus on aspects of social justice. She has written two books Human Needs and the Market (Avebury 1992) and What's Wrong with Liberalism (Leicester University Press 1997) as well as several articles.

DAVE BARTLETT has taught the Politics of Lying at the University of Leeds. His PhD is on the transition to multi-party politics in Zambia. His research interests are international politics and political economy, and the politics of developing countries.

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