Michael P. Colaresi (Michigan State Professor of Political Science

Democracy Declassified

The Secrecy Dilemma in National Security

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy Declassified tackles an enduring question of particular current importance: How do democratic governments balance the need for foreign policy secrecy with accountability to the public? Secrecy has national security uses, but it can also be abused.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9780199389773
• ISBN-10: 0199389772
• Artikelnr.: 40620161

Autorenporträt

Michael P. Colaresi is Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Contents
I Democracy Classified: The Uses of Secrecy
1 Theories of Democratic Transparency and Foreign Policy Success
2 Not So Exceptional: The Theory, Uses, and Reality of National Security
Secrecy in Democracies
II The Abuses of Secrecy and Public Consent
3 The Potential Abuses of National Security Secrecy
4 The Consequences of Potential Abuse for Public Consent
III Democracy Declassified: the Dilemma and Oversight
5 Solving the Secrecy Dilemma
6 The Consequences of National Security Oversight in Democracies
IV The Evidence
7 A View of National Security Oversight Institutions
8 Revealing Evidence: Support, Spending and Success
V Conclusion
9 Implications and Innovations
Appendices: Formal Models, Data and Statistical Result
Bibliography