Complacent Nation
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, International
| Author: | Gavin Ellis | ISBN: | 9780947492953 |
| Publisher: | Bridget Williams Books | Publication: | August 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gavin Ellis |
| ISBN: | 9780947492953 |
| Publisher: | Bridget Williams Books |
| Publication: | August 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden.Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.
New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden.Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.
