Whistleblowers : honesty in America from Washington to Trump /

A magisterial exploration of whistleblowing in America, from the Revolutionary War to the Trump era. Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital publi...

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Tác giả chính: Stanger, Allison (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New Haven : Yale University Press [2019]
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvnwbz1t
Mục lục:
  • Introduction : The paradox
  • Part I. From the revolution to 9/11. Truths ; Corruption ; Treason ; Business
  • Part II. The Internet age. Secrecy ; Surveillance ; Snowden ; Malevolence
  • Conclusion : Why America needs whistleblowers.