Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability: Relationships of Influence with Civil Society

ISBN-13: 9780367457655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str.

Vian Bakir

Opis

This book examines the interaction between intelligence elites and civil society and questions whether contemporary civil society adequately hold political-intelligence elites to account.

Spis treści

Chapter One. Intelligence Elites and Civil Society: A New Research Agenda  Chapter Two. Civil Society, Intelligence Elites and Influence: A Systematic Review  Chapter Three. Theorising Intelligence Elite Public Accountability  Chapter Four. Studying Intelligence Elites, Civil Society, and Relationships of Influence  Chapter Five. The Torture-Intelligence Issue: Relationships of Influence During Journalism-as-Usual  Chapter Six. The Mass Surveillance Issue: Relationships of Influence During Whistle-Blowing  Chapter Seven. Conclusion: Towards Better Public Accountability of Intelligence Elites

O autorze

Vian Bakir is Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at Bangor University, Wales. Her books include Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror (2013), Sousveillance, Media and Strategic Political Communication (2010) and (with David Barlow) Communication in the Age of Suspicion (2007).