Secrecy in the Sunshine Era: The Promise and Failures of U.S. Open Government Laws

by Jason Ross Arnold

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A series of laws passed in the 1970s promised the nation unprecedented transparency in government, a veritable "sunshine era." Though citizens enjoyed a new arsenal of secrecy-busting tools, officials developed a handy set of workarounds, from over classification to concealment, shredding, and burning. It is this dark side of the sunshine era that Jason Ross Arnold explores in the first comprehensive, comparative history of presidential resistance...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0700619925

ISBN13:9780700619924

Release Date:August 2014

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:556 Pages

Weight:2.21 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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