Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 154)

Carnegie, Allison; Carson, Austin

ISBN 10: 1108478573 / ISBN 13: 9781108478571

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Authors: Allison Carnegie is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She is the author of Power Plays: How International Institutions Reshape Coercive Diplomacy (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Austin Carson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics (Princeton University Press, 2018).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New