Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies
eBook - ePub

Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies

Scandinavian Exceptionalism?

  1. 270 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies

Scandinavian Exceptionalism?

About this book

This book examines the dynamics of intelligence practices in the Scandinavian culture of high social cohesion and high trust.

Situated within the new body of scholarly literature, the book emphasises critical empirical investigations of intelligence practices, highlighting the specific cultural settings of such practices. By providing Scandinavian perspectives on intelligence studies, the work distinguishes Scandinavian intelligence studies from the predominant Anglo-American perspectives. Throughout the Western world, the past two decades have generated a rapid expansion of the legal mandate, funding, and capabilities of intelligence agencies which, simultaneously, have been pushed to renegotiate and renew their legitimacy and democratic mandate in response to a recurrent pattern of scandals, leaks, and failures. While these tendencies are evident also in Scandinavia, the book argues that it is important to emphasise the unique context of cohesion and trust in state agencies that differentiates Scandinavian welfare states from the American (and to a lesser extent British) contexts. This book brings together scholars from Norway, Sweden and Denmark to address the continuous renegotiation of the legitimacy of state intelligence as it plays out in a Scandinavian setting.

This book will be of interest to students of intelligence studies, Nordic politics, security studies and International Relations.

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Yes, you can access Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies by Kira Vrist Rønn,Adam Diderichsen,Mia Hartmann,Melanie Hartvigsen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & European History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Contributors
  9. Foreword: Inventing Intelligence Studies in Scandinavia
  10. Introduction to Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies: Scandinavian Exceptionalism?
  11. Part I Legitimacy and Cooperation
  12. Part II Accountability and Trust
  13. Part III Intelligence Practices
  14. Part IV Trust and Cultures of Secrecy
  15. Index