Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability Challenges for Social Research
“Secrecy and fake news define our contemporary world. Mike Sheaff’s fascinating book is a timely investigation into the ways in which organisations can use a discourse of privacy to justify the withholding of information that threatens their power. Sheaff
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Mike Sheaff
Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability
Mike Sheaff
Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability Challenges for Social Research
Mike Sheaff School of Law, Criminology & Government University of Plymouth Plymouth, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-11685-9 ISBN 978-3-030-11686-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11686-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern © John Rawsterne/patternhead.com This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 References 11 2 Public and Private: Transparency and Responsibility 13 Private and Public: Visibility and Transparency 16 Disasters, Responsibility and Blame 21 References 29 3 A Right to Privacy and a Right to Know 33 A Right to Privacy? 35 Privacy and a Right to Information? 47 References 57 4 Secrecy and ‘Studying-up’ 61 Secrecy, Truth and Deception 61 Studying the State 64 Documentary Methods in Social Research 71 Using FOIA in Research 75 References 79
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5 FOIA and ‘Studying-up’: A Case Study 83 Framing of the Policy: Organisational Innovation and the Entrepreneurial Self 85 Structural Secrecy 89 Normalization of Deviance 91 ‘Clean-up Work’: Official Accounts 98 Studying-up: A Sociological Autobiography 101 Framing 104 Funnelling 106 Repudiation 108 Privacy, Reputation and Accountability 111 References 114 6 Trust, Transparency and Privacy117 Private Spaces and Public Issues 117 Making the Private Public 122 Personal Troubles and Public Issues 128 Secrecy, Accountability and Justice 131 References 135 References137 Index149
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