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Government secrecy in democracies
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- Summary
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Essays on such topics as the people's right to know and the information marketplace precede studies of government secrecy in ten democracies and a comparative analysis. Bibliography.
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- Creator
- edited by Itzhak Galnoor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Harper & Row, 1977
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780060904401, 0060904402
- OCLC
- ocm03320126
- Includes bibliographical references.
- pt. 1. The context of government secrecy: Political theory and the people's right to know / Peter Dennis Bathory and Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Access to political knowledge as a human right / Christian Bay -- The information revolution, politics, and the prospects for an open society / Theodore J. Lowi -- The symbolic uses of public information / Rozann Rothman -- The information marketplace / Itzhak Galnoor -- The generic secrets of government decision making / David Curzon -- pt. 2. Government secrecy in ten democracies: The United States / Francis E. Rourke -- The United States: the doctrine of executive privilege / Bernard Schwartz -- Canada / G. Bruce Doern -- Great Britain / Colin Seymour-Ure -- Israel / The Netherlands / H.A. Brasz -- The Federal Republic of Germany / Juergen Reese -- France / Yohanan Manor -- Denmark, Norway, and Sweden / Eric S. Einhorn -- pt. 3. A comparative perspective: What do we know about government secrecy? / Itzhak Galnoor