Transparency and Secrecy in European Democracies (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367133407 ISBN 13: 9780367133405

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This edited volume offers a critical discussion of the trade-offs between transparency and secrecy in the actual political practice of democratic states in Europe. As such, it answers to a growing need to systematically analyse the problem of secrecy in governance in this political and geographical context.

Focusing on topical cases and controversies in particular areas, the contributors reflect on the justification and limits of the use of secrecy in democratic governance, register the social, cultural, and historical factors that inform this process and explore the criteria used by European legislators and policy-makers, both at the national and supranational level, when balancing interests on the sides of transparency and secrecy, respectively.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of security studies, political science, European politics/studies, law, history, political philosophy, public administration, intelligence studies, media and communication studies, and information technology sciences.

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About the Author

Dorota Mokrosinska is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and the Programme Director of the Centre for Political Philosophy at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367133407
• ISBN 13: 9780367133405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Mokrosinska Dorota