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Ambient accountability : intelligence services in Europe and the decline of secrecy

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Aldrich, Richard J. and Richterova, Daniela (2018) Ambient accountability : intelligence services in Europe and the decline of secrecy. West European Politics, 41 (4). pp. 1003-1024. doi:10.1080/01402382.2017.1415780 ISSN 0140-2382.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2017.1415780

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Abstract

In June 2013, Edward Snowden leaked remarkable details of numerous highly-classified surveillance programmes to the Washington Post and the Guardian, sparking an international furore. They revealed widespread collection against European citizens and monitoring of European premiers, notably Angela Merkel. The European media framed this episode around civil liberties, focusing upon ‘the end of privacy’ for the citizen. However, it is the contention of this article that the importance of Snowden era has been misunderstood. We argue that nature of privacy has, in fact, changed relatively slowly over the last decade and instead that these developments denote a ‘crisis of secrecy’. The key issue is not government looking at us - but our increasing ability to look at government, and especially new ways of calling the secret state to account.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title: West European Politics
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0140-2382
Official Date: 15 January 2018
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DateEvent
15 January 2018Available
8 December 2017Accepted
Volume: 41
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 1003-1024
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2017.1415780
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 5 January 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 15 July 2019
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
UNSPECIFIEDLeverhulme Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275
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