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Rahul Sagar - Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy - 9780691149875 - V9780691149875
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Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy

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Description for Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy Hardback.
Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the relevant information and the ability to determine the harm likely to be caused by its disclosure, they often defer to the executive's claims about the need for secrecy. As a result, potential abuses are more ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691149875
SKU
V9780691149875
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About Rahul Sagar
Rahul Sagar is assistant professor of politics at Princeton University.

Reviews for Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy
Winner of the 2015 Myres S. McDougal Prize, Society of Policy Scientists Winner of the 2014 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 "Were Snowden's leaks justified? Rahul Sagar's Secrets and Leaks sheds important light on the question. In carefully argued and lucid prose, Sagar, a professor of politics at ... Read more

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