Jean-Denis BREDIN - Secrecy, Openness and Democracy

Pouvoirs n°97 - Transparence et secret - avril 2001 - p.5-15

Is democracy simply a political procedure through which citizens exercise their sovereignty ? Is it not also inspired by a certain idea of man ? Does it not offer a system of law which protects individuals, their personality, their differences, their liberty, their dignity ? Its openness looks like pure water, the sunlight, beautiful holidays, like everything we think we love. But should not we be wary of openness as of the tyranny of all the virtues religions, nations and doctrines have pretended to embody in order to carry out their terrible missions more efficiently ? Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Denis BREDIN, "Secrecy, Openness and Democracy", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°97, 2001, p.5-15. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Secrecy-Openness-and-Democracy.html