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Machine generated contents note:1.Ireland at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century --2.The Third Home Rule Act and the First World War --3.The Government of Ireland Act 1920 --4.The Anglo-Irish Treaty --5.The Politics of the Irish Boundary Commission --6.The Recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission --7.Aftermath.

Freedom of information (FOI) is now an international phenomenon with over 100 countries from Albania to Zimbabwe enacting the right to know for their citizens. Since 2005, the UK's Freedom of Information Act has opened up thousands of public bodies to unparalleled scrutiny and prompted further moves to transparency. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the practical management of freedom of information compliance, including interpretation of the Act as well as the Environmental Information Regulations. The UK Freedom of Information Act has now been in force for 12 years. Despite regular attempts to reform it most recently the government's establishment of an Independent FOI Commission in 2015/16 it has largely survived intact. This book documents best practice, the light that is cast by regulator guidance and case law, and the author's views on how FOI should be managed now that it has matured and become embedded in public authorities. It's hoped that the book will cement a positive approach to FOI in public bodies and help them to better meet their obligations. The Freedom of Information Officer's Handbook will be required reading for anyone responsible for, or involved with, managing compliance with FOI. The book will also cover FOI in other parts of the British Islands, so will be of interest to practitioners in the Isle of Man, Jersey, Scotland and Ireland. A substantial portion of the book focuses on practical aspects of delivering FOI, which are not unique to the UK, so the book will have relevance to those managing FOI obligations in other countries around the world.

"A majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los Angeles Racism has been central to the way that the city of Los Angeles--and all US cities--have formed and grown. There is a long, ugly history of state-supported segregation, the violent local defence of white neighbourhood and racial boundaries with continuing police oppression, ever growing political and economic inequalities, the drive to neoliberalization and privatisation, and today's mass displacement of communities of colour in central areas--a process too often described as incidental. This book attempts to explain what Ruth Wilson Gilmore calls these death-dealing differences. City of Segregation traces one hundred years of the struggle against segregation in Los Angeles; from the struggles that together ended de jure segregation in 1948, to the campaign that resulted in the 1964 prohibition of de facto discrimination and the 2006 fight to implement strict controls over private security forces and to preserve over ten thousand residential hotel units in the heart of gentrifying downtown. Gibbons contends that the study of these struggles, of the cycles of victory and retreat reveals the true shape and nature of the racist logics that must be fought if we have any hope of replacing them with a just city"--

Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- FOI officers -- The aims of this book -- Around the world -- A note on the British islands -- The structure of this book -- Research -- Terminology -- Finally -- Part 1 Understanding FOI -- Chapter 1 A brief history of freedom of information -- Introduction -- We didn't start the FOIA -- FOI in the 20th century -- The UK's path towards FOIA -- From the 'right to know' to the FOIA -- What's the point of the FOIA? -- Changes to the FOIA -- Other laws providing access to information -- The future of FOI in the UK -- Chapter 2 Understanding the Act -- Introduction -- Legislation in the UK -- Duties under the FOIA -- Which organisations have to comply with the FOIA? -- Communicating with the applicant -- Valid requests -- How long can public authorities take to answer requests? -- What is 'information'? -- Is information held? -- Creating new information -- The format of information -- Fees and cost limits -- Vexatious and repeated requests -- The codes of practice -- Exemptions -- The Information Commissioner -- Other provisions -- Chapter 3 The exemptions in the FOIA -- Introduction -- Exemptions - some terminology -- The public interest test -- The Part II exemptions -- Chapter 4 The FOI officer's toolkit -- Introduction -- Codes of practice -- The UK Information Commissioner's guidance -- Other published guidance -- ICO decision notices -- Tribunal decisions and case law -- Other online resources -- Professional associations and other networks -- Part 2 FOI in context -- Chapter 5 The Environmental Information Regulations -- Introduction -- Why do we have EIR? -- The relationship between the FOIA and the EIR -- Which bodies are subject to the EIR? -- What is environmental information?

In recent years, the changing nature of audiovisual services has had a significant impact on regulatory policy and practice. The adoption of digital technology means that broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet and mobile telephony are converging, enabling each of them to deliver the same kinds of content and allowing users to exercise much greater choice over the kind of material that they receive and when they receive it. The essays examine the implications for regulatory design, asking whether there is still a role for traditional-style state controls, or whether other techniques, such as competition in the market and self-regulation, are more appropriate. They also explore how, in the digital era, structural issues of media ownership and control become problems of access and interconnection between services and how content regulation focuses more on problems raised by the interactions between providers and users, the relationship between freedom of information and technologies to control it and the international reach of the new media.

"Identifies dozens of myths, bad models, and unhelpful metaphors, replacing some with twenty-first century research and revealing gaps where research needs to be done...Links the origins of theories about change to the history of ideas and suggests that the human sciences will provide real breakthroughs in our understanding of people in the twenty-first century...Change fundamentally involves changing people's minds, yet the most recent research shows that provision of facts may 'strengthen' resistance...will help you build influence, improve communication, optimize decision making, and sustain change"--Book jacket

"In the period immediately after the First World War both the British Labour Party and revolutionary Irish nationalism were in a state of transition, metamorphosing from opposition towards becoming the governments of their respective states. In opposition Labour and the emergent forces in nationalist Ireland had a broadly sympathetic relationship with each other. However, the Labour leadership was always aware of the political risks in Britain of too close an identification with militant Irish nationalism. In government for the first time in 1924 it was determined to establish its credibility as a prudent, responsible and patriotic governing party. Its relationship with the new Irish Free State was predicated on this principle to the extent that Labour's Irish policy became little different to that of previous British governments particularly on the controversial question of the Irish Boundary Commission"--

Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central issue of the language of the law; the disadvantage which language can impose before the law, and forensic linguistics - the use of linguistic evidence in legal processes. Each section of the book is preceded by an introduction by the editor which sets the paper within a conceptual framework. Lawyer''s opinions are not neglected even though the collection is written mainly by linguists. The section concludes with a la

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction -- The Study of Political Corruption -- Part Two: Historic Cases -- The Pacific Railway Scandal -- The Distribution of Railway Subsidies -- Early Corruption in Newfoundland -- The Saskatchewan Liberal Machine Before 1929 -- The Beauharnois Power Scandal -- Part Three: More Recent Examples -- Quebec: Corruption Under Duplessis -- Election Day in New Brunswick -- Graft in Civic Office -- The Munsinger Affair -- The Churchill Forest Industries Scandal -- The Hydrogate Affair -- A Criticism of the Hydrogate Report -- Part Four: Nature, Causes and Effects -- Patronage and the Press -- The Ethical Conduct of Public Servants -- Members of Parliament and Conflict of Interest -- Federalism and Party Finance -- Money and Politics -- Politics and Corruption in Quebec -- Graft Never Hurt a Politician at the Polls -- The Political Culture of Corruption in Canada -- Part Five: Proposed Cures -- Municipal Conflict of Interest: The New Ontario Law -- Guidelines for Ontario's Ministers -- Debate on Guidelines for Federal Ministers -- Proposals for Public Servants -- Proposals for Members of Parliament -- Improving Laws on Financing Elections -- Conclusion: Future Studies -- Selected Bibliography.