Verfasst von:	Mokrosińska, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	State secrecy and democracy
Titelzusatz:	a philosophical inquiry
Verf.angabe:	Dorota Mokrosinska
Verlagsort:	London ; New York
Verlag:	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Jahr:	2024
Umfang:	116 Seiten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Routledge focus on philosophy
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-367-53923-8
	978-0-367-53927-6
Abstract:	"In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about secrecy and the legitimacy of political institutions is rarely far from the headlines. Furthermore, state secrecy persists both in the foreign and domestic policy of democratic states, in the form of classified intelligence programs, espionage, secret military operations, diplomatic discretion, closed-door political bargaining, and bureaucratic opacity. This book explores important philosophical questions and issues surrounding democratic secrecy, above all whether the state's claim to restrict access to information can be justified. Dorota Mokrosinka examines the democratic status of secret uses of political power, arguing that secrecy is in fact a fundamental form of democratic governance, rather than an exception, and that secrecy protects the integrity of the democratic decision-making process. Examples such as the Manhattan Project, the Iraq war, collaboration between international secret services, secret voting and the Wiki-Leaks and Snowden disclosures are used throughout the book. State Secrecy and Democracy: A Philosophical Inquiry is essential reading for those in political philosophy, ethics, politics, international relations and security studies and law"--
DOI:	doi:10.4324/9781003083733
URL:	DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003083733
Schlagwörter:	(s)Demokratie    / (s)Regierung    / (s)Staatsgeheimnis    / (s)Information
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mokrosinska, Dorota: State secrecy and democracy. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2024
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Mokrosińska, Dorota: State secrecy and democracy. - London : Routledge, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (116 pages)
K10plus-PPN:	1858359996