This book examines secrecy in European politics across a range of EU and national settings and policy domains, exploring the technological, social and political developments which appear to signal the end of privacy and the rapid expansion of political secrecy. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics.

Berthold Rittberger holds the Chair in International Relations at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, University of Munich, Germany. He is co-editor of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Klaus H. Goetz holds the Chair in Political Systems and European Integration at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, University of Munich, Germany. He is co-editor of the journal West European Politics.

1. Secrecy in Europe Berthold Rittberger and Klaus H. Goetz 2. Second order secrecy and Europe's legality mosaics Deirdre Curtin 3. Courts and the politics of secrecy: national security, human rights and the importance of supranational oversight Federico Fabbrini 4. The economy of secrecy: security, information control, and EU-US relations Thierry Balzacq and Benjamin Puybareau 5. Secrecy and the making of CFSP Mai'a K. Davis Cross 6. Contestation and co-optation: why secrecy in EU external relations varies Guri Rosén 7. Political secrecy in Europe: crisis management and crisis exploitation Christian Kreuder-Sonnen 8. Information sharing, secrecy and trust among law enforcement and secret service institutions in the European Union Hartmut Aden 9. Ambient accountability: intelligence services in Europe and the decline of state secrecy Richard J. Aldrich and Daniela Richterova 10. Explaining variation and change in supervisory confidentiality in the European Union Christopher Gandrud and Mark Hallerberg 11. Leaking, leak prevention, and decoupling in public administrations: the case of the European Commission Ronny Patz