State Secrecy and Democracy by Dorota Mokrosinska - 9780367539238

State Secrecy and DemocracyA Philosophical Inquiry\nAuthor(s): Dorota Mokrosinska\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367539238, 978-0367539238\nSynopsis\nIn the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency such as freedom of information or sunshine laws secrecy persists in both 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.\n\nThis book explores whether the states claim to restrict access to information can be justified. Dorota Mokrosinska answers this question with a qualified \""yes,\"" arguing that.