Secrets and Democracy: From Arcana Imperii to WikiLeaks

by Lawrence Quill

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349349771
• ISBN13: 9781349349777
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"