1st Edition

Secrecy in European Politics

Edited By Berthold Rittberger, Klaus H. Goetz Copyright 2019
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Secrecy is a prevalent feature of politics within and among liberal democratic states, as well as in the relations between states and international organisations. However, surprisingly little research in political science has explored the effects of secrecy on policy making; the evolution of the regulatory frameworks that govern the use of secrecy; and the tensions between secrecy and... Read more

1. Secrecy in Europe Berthold Rittberger and Klaus H. Goetz  2. Second order secrecy and Europe’s legality mosaics Deirdre Curtin  3. Courts and the politics of secrecy: national security, human rights and the importance of supranational oversight Federico Fabbrini  4. The economy of secrecy: security, information control, and EU–US relations Thierry Balzacq and Benjamin Puybareau  5. Secrecy and the making of CFSP Mai’a K. Davis Cross  6. Contestation and co-optation: why secrecy in EU external relations varies Guri Rosén  7. Political secrecy in Europe: crisis management and crisis exploitation Christian Kreuder-Sonnen  8. Information sharing, secrecy and trust among law enforcement and secret service institutions in the European Union Hartmut Aden  9. Ambient accountability: intelligence services in Europe and the decline of state secrecy Richard J. Aldrich and Daniela Richterova  10. Explaining variation and change in supervisory confidentiality in the European Union Christopher Gandrud and Mark Hallerberg  11. Leaking, leak prevention, and decoupling in public administrations: the case of the European Commission Ronny Patz

Biography

Berthold Rittberger holds the Chair in International Relations at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, University of Munich, Germany. He is co-editor of the Journal of European Public Policy.



Klaus H. Goetz holds the Chair in Political Systems and European Integration at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, University of Munich, Germany. He is co-editor of the journal West European Politics.