Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America Contributor(s): Whitaker, Reg (Author), Kealey, Gregory S. (Author), Parnaby, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 080200752X ISBN-13: 9780802007520 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Political Science | Political Freedom |
Dewey: 363.283 |
LCCN: 2012545006 |
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" L (2.40 lbs) 720 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Secret Service provides the first comprehensive history of political policing in Canada - from its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, through two world wars and the Cold War to the more recent 'war on terror.' This book reveals the extent, focus, and politics of government-sponsored surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations. Drawing on previously classified government records, the authors reveal that for over 150 years, Canada has run spy operations largely hidden from public or parliamentary scrutiny - complete with undercover agents, secret sources, agent provocateurs, coded communications, elaborate files, and all the usual apparatus of deception and betrayal so familiar to fans of spy fiction. As they argue, what makes Canada unique among Western countries is its insistent focus of its surveillance inwards, and usually against Canadian citizens. Secret Service highlights the many tensions that arise when undercover police and their covert methods are deployed too freely in a liberal democratic society. It will prove invaluable to readers attuned to contemporary debates about policing, national security, and civil rights in a post-9/11 world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Whitaker, Reg: - Reginald Whitaker is a professor of Political Science, York University.Parnaby, Andrew: - Andrew Parnaby is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Cape Breton University.Kealey, Gregory S.: - Gregory S. Kealey is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of New Brunswick. He is the editor of University of Toronto Press's Canadian Social History Series and former president of the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences. |
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