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Secrets and Democracy - From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,892
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Secrets and Democracy - From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks (Hardcover): L. Quill

Secrets and Democracy - From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks (Hardcover)

L. Quill

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As governments actively collect and analyse more information about their populations than ever before, citizens struggle to defend their privacy and determine which state secrets are legitimate and which are not. Jurisdictional complexity, the inability of representatives to gain access to relevant information, citizens' relative lack of expertise, and the partisanship that exists between different government agencies make oversight difficult. Secrets and Democracy considers afresh the role that secrets play within liberal democracies and the impact this has on the public's 'right to know, ' the individual's 'right to privacy, ' and the government's penchant for secrecy and data collection. Now, perhaps more than ever, secrecy (and the disclosure of secrets) is in the public eye thanks to the phenomenon of WikiLeaks. However, this book places WikiLeaks in the context of centuries-old discussion of the necessity of secrecy, as well as contemporary debate concerning the relative merits of privacy, openness, transparency, and accountabilit

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: L. Quill
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-36777-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political corruption
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech
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LSN: 0-230-36777-1
Barcode: 9780230367777

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