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100			_aTant, A.P
245			_aThe compaign for freedom of information: a participatory challenge to elitist British government
520			_aAbstract: The pronents of freedom of information have, since the 1970s, sponsored successive Private Members bills seeking to liberalize section Two of the Official Secrets Act until recently they have had no success. Indeed, the latest official Secrets Act, which replaces Section Two, represents, in large part, further government determination to control information. Yet some limited success has recently been achieved, for example in the areas of local govrnment, personal files and environmental safety. This article seeks to explain both the successes and failures of the compaign of freedom of information, and assess prospects for the future. First, the durability of official secrecy in consideved, throu
650			_a Freedom of Information
650			_a Elite(Social Science)
650			_a British Government
650			_aOfficial Secrets
773			_aPublic Administration
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