Political secrecy in Europe
Crisis Management and Crisis Exploitation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Kreuder-Sonnen (0000-0002-0397-3452, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 958-980 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2017.1404813 |
| OpenAlex | W2771257964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 54 |
This article theorises the relationship of crisis and political secrecy in European public policy. Combining the literatures on crisis management and securitisation, it introduces two distinct types of crisis-related secrecy. (1) Reactive secrecy denotes the deliberate concealment of information from the public with the aim of reducing immediate negative crisis consequences. It presents itself as a functional necessity of crisis management. (2) Active secrecy is about substantive or procedural secrecy employed by authority-holders to implement their interests with fewer restraints. Here, secrecy is an instrument of crisis exploitation, reducing obstacles to extraordinary measures. This distinction is based on an understanding of authority-holders as simultaneous legitimacy- and discretion-seekers whose secrecy politics depend on the constraints and opportunities presented by crises. In order to illustrate active and reactive secrecy, the article uses examples from the euro crisis (Eurogroup summitry, ECB sovereign bond purchases) and the security crisis after 9/11 (terror lists
Business · Crisis management · Discretion · Economics · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secrecy · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |