Tag: Transparency

January 10, 2024

Invisibility Studies Surveillance, Transparency and the Hidden in Contemporary Culture

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Free Download Invisibility Studies: Surveillance, Transparency and the Hidden in Contemporary Culture (Cultural History and Literary Imagination) edited by Henriette Steiner, Kristin Veel
English | December 16, 2014 | ISBN: 3034309856 | True EPUB/PDF | 358 pages | 7.8/4.8 MB
Invisibility Studies explores current changes in the relationship between what we consider visible and what invisible in different areas of contemporary culture. Contributions trace how these changes make their marks on various cultural fields and investigate the cultural significance of these developments, such as transparency and privacy in urban architecture and the silent invasion of surveillance technologies into everyday life.

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December 25, 2023

Truth and Transparency

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Free Download Truth and Transparency: Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1108485995 | 297 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Undercover investigators have been celebrated as critical conduits of political speech and essential protectors of transparency. They have also been derided as intrusive and spy-like, inconsistent with private property rights, and morally or ethically questionable. In Truth and Transparency, Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau rigorously examine this duality and seek to provide a socio-legal context for understanding these varying views. The book concretely deļ¬nes undercover investigations, distinguishes the practice from investigative journalism and whistleblowing, and provides a comprehensive legal history. Chapters explore the public need for investigations and the rights of investigators, paying close attention to the types of investigations that fall beyond the scope of constitutional protection. The book also provides concrete empirical evidence of the broad, bipartisan support for undercover investigations and champions the practice as an essential com-ponent of the transparency our democracy needs to thrive.

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