TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colaresi,Michael P.
TI  - Democracy declassified: the secrecy dilemma in national security 
SN  - 9780199397723
U1  - 352.379 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Official secrets
KW  - Government information
KW  - Security classification (Government documents)
KW  - Democracy
KW  - National security
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Government accountability
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This title tackles an enduring question of particular current importance: How do democratic governments balance the need for foreign policy secrecy with accountability to the public? This book presents the first evidence that national security oversight institutions, while imperfect, both constrain the executive from abuse and convince members of the public to be less sceptical of investments in security. Democratic foreign policy effectiveness depends not only on executive discretion to keep national security secrets, but also on effective retrospective oversight from outside the executive
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199389773.001.0001
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/book/5250
ER  -