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Autore: | Colaresi Michael P |
Titolo: | Democracy declassified : the secrecy dilemma in national security / / Michael P. Colaresi |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
Disciplina: | 352.3/79 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Democracy declassified |
ISBN: | 0-19-938979-9 |
0-19-939772-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910154327503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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