Secrets and Democracy: From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks

Quill, L.

Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this book considers the growing importance of secrets, the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets poses to publicity and privacy in the network society.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-03-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230367777

DOI: 10.1057/9781137313010

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 182