Bibliograph

Secrets in global governance, disclosure dilemmas and the challenge of international cooperation, Allison Carnegie, Austin Carson

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Secrets in global governance, disclosure dilemmas and the challenge of international cooperation, Allison Carnegie, Austin Carson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Secrets in global governance

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Allison Carnegie, Austin Carson

Series statement

Cambridge studies in international relations, 154

Sub title

disclosure dilemmas and the challenge of international cooperation

Summary

Scholars have long argued that transparency makes international rule violations more visible and improves outcomes. Secrets in Global Governance revises this claim to show how equipping international organizations (IOs) with secrecy can be a critical tool for eliciting sensitive information and increasing cooperation. States are often deterred from disclosing information about violations of international rules by concerns of revealing commercially sensitive economic information or the sources and methods used to collect intelligence. IOs equipped with effective confidentiality systems can analyze and act on sensitive information while preventing its wide release. Carnegie and Carson use statistical analyses of new data, elite interviews, and archival research to test this argument in domains across international relations, including nuclear proliferation, international trade, justice for war crimes, and foreign direct investment. Secrets in Global Governance brings a groundbreaking new perspective to the literature of international relations

Table Of Contents

Theory -- Sensitive information in global governance : the past and present -- Nuclear proliferation -- International trade -- War crimes -- Foreign direct investment

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