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Backroom deals in our backyards : how government secrecy harms our communities and the local heroes fighting back / Miranda S. Spivack.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection JK468.S4 S65 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spivack, Miranda S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transparency (Ethics) in government--United States.
- Transparency (Ethics) in government.
- Government information--United States.
- Government information.
- Community activists--United States.
- Community activists.
- Local government--United States.
- Local government.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 221 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "A work of investigative reporting on five "accidental activists" who fight back against local and state governments to keep their communities safe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Hiding in plain sight
- Small town, big secrets
- Public roads, hidden dangers
- The safety gear detective
- Toxic brew, concealed deals
- Chipping away at the new blue wall
- Playbook for accidental activists
- Conclusion: We can overcome the threat to democracy that secrecy poses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781620978559
- 1620978555
- OCLC:
- 1446794540
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