Reclaiming accountability : transparency, executive power, and the U.S. Constitution /

How do we reconcile calls for greater accountability with the competing need for secrecy? Those two imperatives are usually taken to be antithetical, but Heidi Kitrosser argues that this is not the case and that our concern ought to lie not with secrecy, but with the sort of unchecked secrecy that c...

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Main Author: Kitrosser, Heidi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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Summary:How do we reconcile calls for greater accountability with the competing need for secrecy? Those two imperatives are usually taken to be antithetical, but Heidi Kitrosser argues that this is not the case and that our concern ought to lie not with secrecy, but with the sort of unchecked secrecy that can result from 'presidentialism', or constitutional arguments for broad executive control of information. She shows how the Constitution provides myriad tools to enforce checks on presidential power through which we could reclaim government accountability.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226191775
022619177X