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Keywords
- democracy
- government
- parliament
- British Politics
About this book
The freedom of the word is under greater attack now than for more than a century. Parliament increasingly subject to autocratic control; local democracy restricted by central government; threat of VAT on books; the press under narrowing ownership; academics fearing restrictions in developing new ideas; proposed privatisation of broadcasting without guarantee of quality or diversity; shift in arts funding towards sponsorship; the changing laws on secrecy; Spycatcher . . . Whereas glasnost in the Soviet Union is the attempt to end a single autocratic state control, in Britain it is this network of interlinked factors that has put the word under threat. Each of the writers analyse the current position and suggest solutions in their own field. They cover a wide spectrum of political and social ideas. But they hold one view in common: that censorship has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished. That is the theme of this book.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Glasnost in Britain?
Book Subtitle: Against Censorship and in Defence of the Word
Editors: Norman Buchan, Tricia Sumner
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Norman Buchan and Tricia Sumner 1989
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-49057-0Published: 21 April 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 190