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Secrets and democracy from Arcana Imperii to Wikileaks /

Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this book considers the growing importance of secrets, the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets pose...

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Main Authors: Quill, Lawrence, 1971
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Executive privilege Government information
Confidential communications
Privacy, Right of
Freedom of information & freedom of speech
Political activism
Political corruption
Politics and Government
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137313010
Summary: Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this book considers the growing importance of secrets, the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets poses to publicity and privacy in the network society.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230367777.
Carrier Form: 192 p.
ISBN: 9781137313010 :
1137313013 :
CLC: D034.5
Contents: 1. Introduction: Visible Darkness 2. Theory's Secret History 3. Liberal Secrets 4. Secrecy and the Liberal State 5. Privacy and Secrecy 6. Life After Wikileaks 7. Conclusion: Secrecy and Silence.

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