| ID | 145240 |
| Title Proper | Recurring tensions between secrecy and democracy |
| Other Title Information | arguments about the security service in the Dutch parliament, 1975–1995 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Braat, Eleni |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | There is a recurring tension between secrecy and democracy. This article analyzes the continually ambiguous relations between intelligence and security agencies and their parliamentary principals. I present a novel conceptual framework to analyze political relations influenced by secrecy. I draw on Albert Hirschman's concepts of exit, voice and loyalty and Max Weber's ideal types of the ethics of conviction and responsibility. The focus is a case study of the Dutch parliament and Security Service between 1975 and 1995. The analysis demonstrates how parliament can deal constructively with the secret services. This depends both on party-political responses to secrecy and strategic responses on the part of the secret services to deteriorating relationships with parliament. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 31, No.4; Jun 2016: p.532-555 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol: 31 No 4 |
| Key Words | Security Service ; Dutch Parliament ; Secrecy and Democracy ; 1975–1995 |