Whistleblowers : honesty in America from Washington to Trump
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
Status
Westover - Adult Nonfiction
353.46 STANG
1 available
353.46 STANG
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 public service-yet they always suffer for it. This episodic history brings to light how whistleblowing, an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience, has held powerful elites accountable in America. Analyzing a range of whistleblowing episodes, from the corrupt Revolutionary War commodore Esek Hopkins (whose dismissal led in 1778 to the first whistleblower protection law) to Edward Snowden, to the dishonesty of Donald Trump, Allison Stanger reveals the centrality of whistleblowing to the health of American democracy. She also shows that with changing technology and increasing militarization, the exposure of misconduct has grown more difficult to do and more personally costly for those who do it-yet American freedom, especially today, depends on it.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stanger, A. (2019). Whistleblowers: honesty in America from Washington to Trump . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanger, Allison. 2019. Whistleblowers: Honesty in America From Washington to Trump. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanger, Allison. Whistleblowers: Honesty in America From Washington to Trump Yale University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stanger, Allison. Whistleblowers: Honesty in America From Washington to Trump Yale University Press, 2019.
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