1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001139089707536

Autore

Tomé, Wolfgang

Titolo

Path integrals on group manifolds : the representation independent propagator for general Lie groups / Wolfgang Tomé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : World Scientific, c1998

ISBN

9810233558

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 213 p. ; 23 cm.

Classificazione

53.1.4

512'.55

QC174.17.P27

Soggetti

Lie groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154327503321

Autore

Colaresi Michael P

Titolo

Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security / / Michael P. Colaresi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-938979-9

0-19-939772-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Disciplina

352.3/79

Soggetti

Official secrets

Government information

Security classification (Government documents)

Democracy

National security

Internal security

Government accountability

Government - General

Law, Politics & Government

Political Institutions & Public Administration - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theories of democratic transparency and foreign policy success -- Not so exceptional : the theory, uses, and reality of national security secrecy in democracies -- The potential abuses of national security secrecy -- The consequences of potential abuse for public consent -- Solving the secrecy dilemma -- The consequences of national security oversight in democracies -- A view of national security oversight institutions -- Revealing evidence : support, spending and success -- Conclusion -- Implications and innovations -- Apendices: formal models, data and statistical result.

Sommario/riassunto

This title tackles an enduring question of particular current importance: How do democratic governments balance the need for foreign policy



secrecy with accountability to the public? This book presents the first evidence that national security oversight institutions, while imperfect, both constrain the executive from abuse and convince members of the public to be less sceptical of investments in security. Democratic foreign policy effectiveness depends not only on executive discretion to keep national security secrets, but also on effective retrospective oversight from outside the executive.