Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation: 154 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 154)
Cambridge University Press, 6/18/2020
EAN 9781108745949, ISBN10: 1108745946
Paperback, 362 pages, 22.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm
Language: English
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.
1. Introduction
2. Theory
3. Sensitive Information in Global Governance
The Past and Present
4. Nuclear Proliferation
5. International Trade
6. War Crimes
7. Foreign Direct Investment
8. Conclusion.