Researching National Security Intelligence

Multidisciplinary Approaches

AvStephen Coulthart,Michael Landon-Murray

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Researchers in the rapidly growing field of intelligence studies face unique and difficult challenges ranging from finding and accessing data on secret activities, to sorting through the politics of intelligence successes and failures, to making sense of complex socio-organizational or psychological phenomena. The contributing authors to Researching National Security Intelligence survey the state of the field and demonstrate how incorporating multiple disciplines helps to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research. Following this approach, the volume provides a conceptual, empirical, and methodological toolkit for scholars and students informed by many disciplines: history, political science, public administration, psychology, communications, and journalism. This collection of essays written by an international group of scholars and practitioners propels intelligence studies forward by demonstrating its growing depth, by suggesting new pathways to the creation of knowledge, and by identifying how scholarship can enhance practice and accountability.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-01
Mått:155 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Georgetown University Press
ISBN:9781626167049

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Stephen Coulthart is an assistant professor of security studies in the National Security Studies Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso. Michael Landon-Murray is an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs (SPA) at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Damien Van Puyvelde is a lecturer in intelligence and international security at University of Glasgow.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Pluralistic Approach to Intelligence Scholarship Stephen Coulthart, Michael Landon-Murray, and Damien Van PuyveldePart I. Framing Intelligence Research1. Framing the Challenges and Opportunities of Intelligence Studies Research Mark Phythian2. Confessions of an Intelligence Historian John FerrisPart II. Data Sources and the Study of National Security Intelligence3. The Why, Who, and How of Using Qualitative Interviews to Research Intelligence Practices Damien Van Puyvelde4. The Use of Structured Behavioral Observation Systems to Address Research Questions in Intelligence Misty Duke5. A Sociological Approach to Intelligence Studies Bridget Rose NolanPart III. Multidisciplinary Perspectives on National Security Intelligence Research6. Enhancing Political Science Contributions to American Intelligence Studies Stephen Marrin7. Can Decision Science Improve Intelligence Analysis? David R. Mandel8. Charting a Research Agenda for Intelligence Studies Using Public Administration and Organization Theory Scholarship Rick Caceres-Rodriguez and Michael Landon-Murray9. How the Field of Communication Can Contribute to the Understanding and Study of National Security Intelligence Rubén ArcosPart IV. Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Research and Practice of Intelligence10. Bridging the Gap: The Scholar-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Brent Durbin11. The Ivory Tower and the Fourth Estate Paul Lashmar12. The Ethics of Intelligence Research Ross BellabyConclusion: The Past, Present, and Future of Intelligence ResearchStephen Coulthart, Michael Landon-Murray, and Damien Van PuyveldeList of Contributors Index