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Book Synopsis
Traces Ireland’s introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international context

Table of Contents

Introduction – Maura Adshead and Tom Felle
1. International trends in freedom of information – Nat O’Connor
2. Two steps forward and one step back: political culture and FOI – Maura Adshead
3. Freedom of information and national security: where’s the harm in that? – Jennifer Kavanagh
4. Freedom of information and policing: still a very secret service – Richard Dowling
5. FOI and public trust in parliament – Mark Mulqueen
6. Freedom of information and the media – a case of delay, deny, defeat? – Conor Ryan
7. A glass half full or half empty? Citizens’ experiences with FOI – Tom Felle and Gavin Sheridan
8. Reflections on freedom of information: past, present and future – Eithne FitzGerald, John Carroll and Peter Tyndall
Conclusion – Maura Adshead, Tom Felle and Nat O’Connor
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2015
      ISBN13: 9780719097188, 978-0719097188
      ISBN10: 719097185

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces Ireland’s introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international context

      Table of Contents

      Introduction – Maura Adshead and Tom Felle
      1. International trends in freedom of information – Nat O’Connor
      2. Two steps forward and one step back: political culture and FOI – Maura Adshead
      3. Freedom of information and national security: where’s the harm in that? – Jennifer Kavanagh
      4. Freedom of information and policing: still a very secret service – Richard Dowling
      5. FOI and public trust in parliament – Mark Mulqueen
      6. Freedom of information and the media – a case of delay, deny, defeat? – Conor Ryan
      7. A glass half full or half empty? Citizens’ experiences with FOI – Tom Felle and Gavin Sheridan
      8. Reflections on freedom of information: past, present and future – Eithne FitzGerald, John Carroll and Peter Tyndall
      Conclusion – Maura Adshead, Tom Felle and Nat O’Connor
      Index

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