Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions by Carter, Katlyn Marie

Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions

How debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy Does democracy...
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Author: Katlyn Marie Carter
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Language: English
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Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions by Carter, Katlyn Marie

Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions

$87.18

Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions

$87.18
Author: Katlyn Marie Carter
Format: MP3 CD
Language: English
How debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy Does democracy die in darkness, as the saying suggests? This book reveals that modern democracy was born in secrecy, despite the widespread conviction that transparency was its very essence. In the years preceding the American and French revolutions, state secrecy came to be seen as despotic--an instrument of monarchy. But as revolutionaries sought to fashion representative government, they faced a dilemma. In a context where gaining public trust seemed to demand transparency, was secrecy ever legitimate? Whether in Philadelphia or Paris, establishing popular sovereignty required navigating between an ideological imperative to eradicate secrets from the state and a practical need to limit transparency in government. The fight over this--dividing revolutionaries and vexing founders--would determine the nature of the world's first representative democracies. Unveiling modern democracy's surprisingly shadowy origins, Carter reshapes our understanding of how government by and for the people emerged during the Age of Revolutions.

Author: Katlyn Marie Carter
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: 10/31/2023
Binding Type: MP3 CD
ISBN: 9798212935678

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