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Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy
Rahul Sagar
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Description for Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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
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
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691168180
SKU
V9780691168180
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About Rahul Sagar
Rahul Sagar is Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at New York University in Abu Dhabi and Washington Square Fellow at New York University in New York.
Reviews for Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy
Winner of the 2014 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration Winner of the 2015 Myres S. McDougal Prize, Society of Policy Scientists 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 ... Read more