Introduction to ‘Secrecy and Transparency’: The Politics of Opacity and Openness

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7-25

  Birchall, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

democracy; secrecy; the state; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855744744     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276411427744     Document Type: Article

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