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Democratic Secrecy
Dennis F. Thompson explores a neglected dilemma of governmental secrecy. Governments cannot be held accountable for policies and practices they keep secret, but some policies and practices cannot be fully public without undermining their efficacy. Among the instances he considers are Clinton's Task Force on Health Care Reform, covert drug operations, gays in the military, physician-assisted suicide, and the misuse of the National Security Council.
The Primary Purpose of Presidential Primaries, Dennis F. Thompson
Bentham's Theory of the Modern State, Nancy L. Rosenblum Reviewed by Dennis F. Thompson
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