Transparency and secrecy in European democracies : contested trade-offs /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Mokrosinska, Dorota (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:	Routledge research in comparative politics.
Subjects:	Transparency in government > Europe. Official secrets > Europe. Freedom of information > Europe. Government accountability > Europe. Democracy > Europe. Europe > Politics and government > 21st century. 2000-2099 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Transparency and secrecy in European democracies / Dorota Mokrosinska
The Janus face of transparency : balancing openness and secrecy in democratic decisionmaking / Jenny de Fine Licht
Freedom of information in Europe : creation, context and conflict / Ben Worthy
The ambiguity of leaks : transparency and secrecy in the EU / Vigjilenca Abazi and Ronny Patz
European secrecy and post-9/11 security practice / Marieke de Goede and Mara Wesseling
What the eye cannot see : justifying limits to freedom of information in the diplomatic context / Sanderijn Duquet and Jan Wouters
Self-reinforcing secrecy : cultures of secrecy within intelligence agencies / Eleni Braat
Paradoxical secrecy in British freedom of information law / Owen Thomas
Secrecy and the preservation of the democratic state : the concept of raison d'état in the German Bundestag / Dorothee Riese
State secrecy in the age of terror : the Italian case in a comparative perspective / Arianna Vedaschi
Political whistleblowing in Europe : official secrets, freedom of expression and the rule of law / Vigjilenca Abazi.