Perspectives on Whistleblowing

Society acknowledges whistleblowers as truth-tellers who bring urgent concerns to the public’s attention, but at the same time they are subjected to a host of retaliations including smear campaigns, unemployment, prison and exile.

Investigating high profile case studies including Kiriakou, Snowden, Foxley and Assange, this book discusses recent transformations in whistleblowing practice.

With first-person accounts by prominent whistleblowers, it explores the ethical and political dynamics of whistleblowing, use of new technologies in the practice and formal channels for whistleblower protections and legal reforms.

Written by professionals and activists who support whistleblowers, this will be an invaluable resource for researchers working in the field as well as journalists, practitioners and legal professionals.

Introduction;

Whistleblowing, human rights and national security in an age of democratic decline ~ Kate Kenny, Marianna Fotaki, Iain Munro;

Blowing the whistle on the CIA torture and rendition programme ~ John Kiriakou;

A British ambassador on the UK’s involvement in torture and human rights violations ~ Craig Murray;

Human rights and whistleblower protections ~ Robert Tibbo;

The torture of Julian Assange ~ Nils Melzer or Iain Munro;

Whistleblowing and the media ~ Andrew Fowler;

The Trump Whitehouse whistleblower ~ TBC

Theoretical framing ~ Kate Kenny, Marianna Fotaki, Iain Munro;

Conclusion.