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9%OFFC. Fred Alford - Whistleblowers - 9780801487804 - V9780801487804
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Whistleblowers

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Description for Whistleblowers Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.

In a dark departure from our standard picture of whistleblowers, C. Fred Alford offers a chilling account of the world of people who have come forward to protest organizational malfeasance in government agencies and in the private sector. The conventional story—high-minded individual fights soulless organization, is persecuted, yet triumphs in the end—is seductive and pervasive. In speaking with whistleblowers and their families, lawyers, and therapists, Alford discovers that the reality of whistleblowing is grim. Few whistleblowers succeed in effecting change; even fewer are regarded as heroes or martyrs.

Alford mixes narrative analysis with political insight to offer a frank picture ... Read more

In order to make sense of their stories, Alford claims, some whistleblowers must set aside the things they have always believed: that loyalty is larger than the herd instinct, that someone in charge will do the right thing, that the family is a haven from a heartless world. Alford argues that few whistleblowers recover from their experience, and that, even then, they live in a world very different from the one they knew before their confrontation with the organization.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801487804
SKU
V9780801487804
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Ref
99-1

About C. Fred Alford
C. Fred Alford is Professor of Government at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has published many books, including What Evil Means to Us and Think No Evil, both from Cornell.

Reviews for Whistleblowers
Alford is concerned with why whistleblowers choose to go public and challenge their organizations, but he is also interested in what they have learned from their experiences. He is fascinated by the costs incurred by the 'autonomous individual' who confronts the organization, an entity that Alford says demands obedience, conformity, and loyalty. Instead of noble causes and vindication, Alford finds ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Whistleblowers


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