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Government Secrecy

Classic and Contemporary Readings

Maret, Susan L. | Goldman, Jan

Price: $65.00
ISBN13: 9781591586906
ISBN10: 1591586909
Book code: LU8690
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 820 pages
DOI: 10.1336/1591586909
Publication Date: 12/30/2008

DESCRIPTION

Government Secrecy presents the best that has been thought and written  
on the subject, including history and philosophy, theory and practice,  
justification and critique. Through readings, which range from Georg  
Simmel on secrecy and Max Weber on bureaucracy and secret-keeping, to  
post-9/11 concerns regarding freedom of information and presidential  
secrecy, it enables readers to explore the issues and questions that  
surround the government's right to keep necessary secrets--or not.  
This collection, and the diverse perspectives it represents, will  
engage students and other interested parties in a discussion of the  
benefits--and dangers--of government secrecy. The collection is  
designed to generate questions regarding historical accuracy of  
government information, information ethics, professional neutrality,  
ownership of information, public right to information, national  
security, and transparency. The essays explore the criteria and  
conditions for government secret-keeping, as well as contributing to  
public and academic discussion of the role of secrets in democracies.
CONTENTS

Foreword by Steven Aftergood, Project on Government Secrecy,  
Federation of American Scientists
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Perspectives on Secrecy
Chapter 2: A Short History of Government Secrecy
Chapter 3: Secrecy as Regulation
Chapter 4: Organizational Aspects of Secrecy
Chapter 5: Necessary Secrets: Alternative Views on the Need for  
Secrets and Secret Keeping
Chapter 6: The Uncertain Future of Information: Secrecy Post 9-11
Appendix A: Major Reviews of the Secrecy System
Appendix B: Laws that Restrict Public Access to Federal Records
Sources
Glossary
Further Reading
Index

DR. SUSAN L. MARET is a part-time faculty member in the Library and  
Information Sciences Program at San Jose State University. Before  
completing her PhD in Critical and Information Studies from The Union  
Institute and University in 2002, she worked as an academic and  
government documents librarian. She holds an MLS degree from the  
University of Arizona and is the author of numerous books, website and  
database reviews, and On Their Own Terms: A Lexicon with an Emphasis  
on Information-Related Terms Produced by the U.S. Federal Government,  
located at the Federation of American Scientists Website (http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/maret.pdf 
).

DR. JAN GOLDMAN joined the National Defense Intelligence College as a  
professor where he teaches intelligence courses in strategic warning,  
threat management and ethics. He has been working in the Intelligence  
Community for over 25 years. He has written or edited numerous  
articles and publications including Words of Intelligence: A  
Dictionary (2006)

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