TY  - GEN
T1  - The transparency fix : secrets, leaks, and uncontrollable government information
A1  - Fenster, Mark
LA  - English
PP  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn970396774
AB  - Is the government too secret or not secret enough? Why is there simultaneously too much government secrecy and a seemingly endless procession of government leaks? The Transparency Fix asserts that we incorrectly assume that government information can be controlled. The same impulse that drives transparency movements also drives secrecy advocates. They all hold the mistaken belief that government information can either be released or kept secure on command. The Transparency Fix argues for a reformation in our assumptions about secrecy and transparency. The world did not end because Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden released classified information. But nor was there a significant political change. "Transparency" has become a buzzword, while secrecy is anathema. Using a variety of real-life examples to examine how government information actually flows, Mark Fenster describes how the legal regime's tenuous control over state information belies both the promise and peril of transparency. He challenges us to confront the implausibility of controlling government information and shows us how the contemporary obsession surrounding transparency and secrecy cannot radically change a state that is defined by so much more than information.
OP  - 286
CN  - KF5753 .F46 2017
SN  - 9781503602670
SN  - 1503602672
SN  - 9781503601710
SN  - 9781503602663
KW  - Transparency (Ethics) in government : Law and legislation : United States.
KW  - Freedom of information : United States.
KW  - Official secrets : United States.
KW  - Government information : Law and legislation : United States.
KW  - Leaks (Disclosure of information) : United States.
KW  - Liberté d'information : États-Unis.
KW  - Secrets d'État : États-Unis.
KW  - Fuites (Divulgation d'informations) : États-Unis.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Affairs & Administration.
KW  - Freedom of information
KW  - Government information : Law and legislation
KW  - Leaks (Disclosure of information)
KW  - Official secrets
KW  - Transparency in government : Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Internet resources.
ER  -