Transparency And Conspiracy
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Transparency And Conspiracy
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Author : Harry G. West
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2003-04-17
Transparency And Conspiracy written by Harry G. West and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-17 with Social Science categories.
Transparency has, in recent years, become a watchword for good governance. Policymakers and analysts alike evaluate political and economic institutions—courts, corporations, nation-states—according to the transparency of their operating procedures. With the dawn of the New World Order and the “mutual veil dropping” of the post–Cold War era, many have asserted that power in our contemporary world is more transparent than ever. Yet from the perspective of the relatively less privileged, the operation of power often appears opaque and unpredictable. Through vivid ethnographic analyses, Transparency and Conspiracy examines a vast range of expressions of the popular suspicion of power—including forms of shamanism, sorcery, conspiracy theory, and urban legends—illuminating them as ways of making sense of the world in the midst of tumultuous and uneven processes of modernization. In this collection leading anthropologists reveal the variations and commonalities in conspiratorial thinking or occult cosmologies around the globe—in Korea, Tanzania, Mozambique, New York City, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Orange County, California. The contributors chronicle how people express profound suspicions of the United Nations, the state, political parties, police, courts, international financial institutions, banks, traders and shopkeepers, media, churches, intellectuals, and the wealthy. Rather than focusing on the veracity of these convictions, Transparency and Conspiracy investigates who believes what and why. It makes a compelling argument against the dismissal of conspiracy theories and occult cosmologies as antimodern, irrational oversimplifications, showing how these beliefs render the world more complex by calling attention to its contradictions and proposing alternative ways of understanding it. Contributors. Misty Bastian, Karen McCarthy Brown, Jean Comaroff, John Comaroff, Susan Harding, Daniel Hellinger, Caroline Humphrey, Laurel Kendall, Todd Sanders, Albert Schrauwers, Kathleen Stewart, Harry G. West
Radical Secrecy
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Author : Clare Birchall
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2021-04-06
Radical Secrecy written by Clare Birchall and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Computers categories.
Reimagining transparency and secrecy in the era of digital data When total data surveillance delimits agency and revelations of political wrongdoing fail to have consequences, is transparency the social panacea liberal democracies purport it to be? This book sets forth the provocative argument that progressive social goals would be better served by a radical form of secrecy, at least while state and corporate forces hold an asymmetrical advantage over the less powerful in data control. Clare Birchall asks: How might transparency actually serve agendas that are far from transparent? Can we imagine a secrecy that could act in the service of, rather than against, a progressive politics? To move beyond atomizing calls for privacy and to interrupt the perennial tension between state security and the public’s right to know, Birchall adapts Édouard Glissant’s thinking to propose a digital “right to opacity.” As a crucial element of radical secrecy, she argues, this would eventually give rise to a “postsecret” society, offering an understanding and experience of the political that is free from the false choice between secrecy and transparency. She grounds her arresting story in case studies including the varied presidential styles of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump; the Snowden revelations; conspiracy theories espoused or endorsed by Trump; WikiLeaks and guerrilla transparency; and the opening of the state through data portals. Postsecrecy is the necessary condition for imagining, finally, an alternative vision of “the good,” of equality, as neither shaped by neoliberal incarnations of transparency nor undermined by secret state surveillance. Not least, postsecrecy reimagines collective resistance in the era of digital data.
The Transparency Fix
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Author : Mark Fenster
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-18
The Transparency Fix written by Mark Fenster and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-18 with Law categories.
Is the government too secret or not secret enough? Why is there simultaneously too much government secrecy and a seemingly endless procession of government leaks? The Transparency Fix asserts that we incorrectly assume that government information can be controlled. The same impulse that drives transparency movements also drives secrecy advocates. They all hold the mistaken belief that government information can either be released or kept secure on command. The Transparency Fix argues for a reformation in our assumptions about secrecy and transparency. The world did not end because Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden released classified information. But nor was there a significant political change. "Transparency" has become a buzzword, while secrecy is anathema. Using a variety of real-life examples to examine how government information actually flows, Mark Fenster describes how the legal regime's tenuous control over state information belies both the promise and peril of transparency. He challenges us to confront the implausibility of controlling government information and shows us how the contemporary obsession surrounding transparency and secrecy cannot radically change a state that is defined by so much more than information.
Conspiracies And Conspiracy Theories In The Age Of Trump
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Author : Daniel C. Hellinger
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Conspiracies And Conspiracy Theories In The Age Of Trump written by Daniel C. Hellinger and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with Political Science categories.
This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order. It addresses the prevalence of conspiracy theories in the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Trumpism, and the paranoid style of American politics that existed long before, first identified with Richard Hofstadter. Hellinger looks critically at both those who hold conspiracy theory beliefs and those who rush to dismiss them. Hellinger argues that we need to acknowledge that the exercise of power by elites is very often conspiratorial and invites both realistic and outlandish conspiracy theories. How we parse the realistic from the outlandish demands more attention than typically accorded in academia and journalism. Tensions between global hegemony and democratic legitimacy become visible in populist theories of conspiracy, both on the left and the right. He argues that we do not live in an age in which conspiracy theories are more profligate, but that we do live in an age in which they offer a more profound challenge to the constituted state than ever before.
Cultures Of Transparency
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Author : Stefan Berger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-04-19
Cultures Of Transparency written by Stefan Berger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-19 with Social Science categories.
This volume addresses the major questions surrounding a concept that has become ubiquitous in the media and in civil society as well as in political and economic discourses in recent years, and which is demanded with increasing frequency: transparency. How can society deal with increasing and often diverging demands and expectations of transparency? What role can different political and civil society actors play in processes of producing, or preventing, transparency? Where are the limits of transparency and how are these boundaries negotiated? What is the relationship of transparency to processes of social change, as well as systems of social surveillance and control? Engaging with transparency as an interrelated product of law, politics, economics and culture, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ambiguities and contradictions, as well as the social and political dilemmas, that the age of transparency has unleashed. As such it will appeal to researchers across the social sciences and humanities with interests in politics, history, sociology, civil society, citizenship, public policy, criminology and law.
Full Disclosure
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Author : Archon Fung
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-05
Full Disclosure written by Archon Fung and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-05 with Political Science categories.
Governments in recent decades have employed public disclosure strategies to reduce risks, improve public and private goods and services, and reduce injustice. In the United States, these targeted transparency policies include financial securities disclosures, nutritional labels, school report cards, automobile rollover rankings, and sexual offender registries. They constitute a light-handed approach to governance that empowers citizens. However, as Full Disclosure shows these policies are frequently ineffective or counterproductive. Based on a comparative analysis of eighteen major policies, the authors suggest that transparency policies often produce information that is incomplete, incomprehensible, or irrelevant to the consumers, investors, workers, and community residents who could benefit from them. Sometimes transparency fails because those who are threatened by it form political coalitions to limit or distort information. To be successful, transparency policies must place the needs of ordinary citizens at centre stage and produce information that informs their everyday choices.
Conspiracy Theory 101
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Author : Ava Fails
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-02-06
Conspiracy Theory 101 written by Ava Fails and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-06 with categories.
Have you ever asked yourself "What's really going on?" after watching a news story? Maybe you have wondered, "What is the government REALLY doing?" Perhaps you've caught a slip of something an "official" shouldn't have said and wanted to know the other side of the story. Conspiracy Theory 101 explores some of these situations. When the government is silent, theories fill the space in a genuine effort to see the big picture. Sometimes those theories become fact when whistleblowers talk or years later when the documents are declassified.Conspiracy Theory 101 explores common conspiracy theories starting out with the JFK assassination and September 11th. (and more...see Table of Content below) Then it shows you theories that became fact like MK Ultra, the Tuskegee Experiment, and Human Testing. If you want more, Conspiracy Theory 101 will take you ever deeper by covering Population Control, Agenda 21, and the Georgia Guidestones. After that, Conspiracy Theory 101 will take you for a ride on the crazy train. Don't worry, you can get off before the wreck. Included in this book is your jump start to researching on your own. Put your investigative skills to work and join the vibrant community of truth-seekers. The Chapter of Research and Reference material is worth the 99 cents by itself. MORE ABOUT WHAT"S INSIDE: 9 Chapters 2 Appendices Countless Links Access to Official Documents WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR: Conspiracy Theory 101 is for the new or seasoned researcher. If you're already a hardcore conspiracy theory researcher, you're going to see a lot of familiar topics here. However, you might see some you've never heard of or learn new information about ones you have studied before. Even if all the topics are old news, the Research and Reference Materials are worth your time. Conspiracy Theory 101 touches briefly on various topics and then gives a spring board to continue your research. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Conspiracy 101 JFK Assassination September 11, 2001 Roswell and UFO's Chapter 2: Some Harsh Facts MK Ultra Operation Northwoods COINTELPRO Tuskegee Human Experiments and Biological Weapons Testing Fluoride Chapter 3: The Problem with Conspiracies Government Transparency Whistleblowers The Media The Players Chapter 4: A Losing Game Chapter 5: Is Everything a Conspiracy Theory? Chapter 6: Going Deeper Population Control Agenda 21 Georgia Guidestones Bilderberg Benghazi Monsanto Chapter 7: Waking the Masses Chapter 8: This is Where it Gets CRAZY Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars Brice Taylor a.k.a. Susan Ford Ted Gunderson The Moon Hoax Chapter 9: Further Reading and Research YouTube Websites Some Favorite Threads from AboveTopSecret.com Books Software Suggested Search Topics Appendix 1: Links in Order of Appearance Appendix 2: Reference Materials Afterword My Personal Views on Conspiracy Theories The Beginning Enter the Illuminati The Elites, Secret Societies and Lucifer Politics My View on Conspiracies The Historic vs. Scientific View A Rough View of the Big Picture Biblical Warnings of Things to Come Bibliography
Conspiracy Theories In The United States And The Middle East
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Author : Michael Butter
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2014-02-27
Conspiracy Theories In The United States And The Middle East written by Michael Butter and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East is the first book to approach conspiracy theorizing from a decidedly comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. Whereas previous studies have engaged with conspiracy theories within national frameworks only, this collection of essays draws attention to the fact that conspiracist visions are transnational narratives that travel between and connect different cultures. It focuses on the United States and the Middle East because these two regions of the world are entangled in manifold ways and conspiracy theories are currently extremely prominent in both. The contributors to the volume are scholars of Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, who approach the subject from a variety of different theories and methodologies. However, all of them share the fundamental assumption that conspiracy theories must not be dismissed out of hand or ridiculed. Usually wrong and frequently dangerous, they are nevertheless articulations of and distorted responses to needs and anxieties that must be taken seriously. Focusing on individual case studies and displaying a high sensitivity for local conditions and the cultural environment, the essays offer a nuanced image of the workings of conspiracy theories in the United States and the Middle East.
The Transparency Paradox
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Author : Ida Koivisto
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-16
The Transparency Paradox written by Ida Koivisto and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-16 with Law categories.
Transparency has become a new norm. States, international organizations, and even private businesses have sought to bolster their legitimacy by invoking transparency in their activities. This growth in popularity was made possible through two interconnected trends: the idea that transparency is inherently good, and that the actual meaning of the term is becoming harder and harder to pin down. Thus far, this has remained undertheorized. The Transparency Paradox is an insightful account of the hidden logic of the ideal of transparency and its legal manifestations. It shows how transparency is a covertly conflicted ideal. The book argues that counter to popular understanding, truth and legitimacy cannot but form a problematic trade-off in transparency practices.
Conspiracy
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Author : Michael Shermer
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2022-10-25
Conspiracy written by Michael Shermer and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-25 with Political Science categories.
"The author discusses how we should think about conspiracy theories, who believes them and why, which conspiracy theories are likely to be true or false and what criteria we can use to assess them, and what we should do to combat dangerous conspiracism and reestablish trust in our democratic institutions, in the media, and in one another"--