MI6 and the Machinery of Spying: Structure and Process in Britain's Secret Intelligence
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In: Studies in Intelligence
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 39, Issue 3, p. 496-514
ISSN: 1743-9019
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 37, Issue 3, p. 421-437
ISSN: 1743-9019
In: Public policy and administration: PPA, Volume 25, Issue 1, p. 29-46
ISSN: 1749-4192
This article argues that the failure to address intelligence agencies as public organizations part and parcel with the overt machinery of government constitutes a significant lacuna both in the specialist study of intelligence and the broader discipline of public administration studies. The role and status of intelligence institutions as aspects of the machinery of central government is examined, along with the prospects of certain key paradigms in the field for understanding those institutions are considered. Finally, the implications for the wider study of decision-making, policy and public management will be examined.
In: Public policy and administration: PPA, Volume 25, Issue 1, p. 5-9
ISSN: 1749-4192
In: Review of international studies: RIS, Volume 35, Issue 4, p. 957-970
ISSN: 0260-2105
In: Welt-Trends: das außenpolitische Journal, Volume 14, Issue 51, p. 25-35
ISSN: 0944-8101
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In: Harvard international review, Volume 24, Issue 3, p. 62-67
ISSN: 0739-1854
In: Politics, Volume 21, Issue 1, p. 73-80
ISSN: 1467-9256
This article examines the application of 'triangulation' to the use of elite interviewing in political science, with specific reference to the study of the intelligence and security services. It is argued that the problems involved in using elite interviews in security and intelligence studies are no different than in other areas of political science, but simply more pronounced. It is further argued that these problems can be most effectively addressed in terms of the sociological 'triangulation' strategy of multi-methodological research. The article concludes that this approach is, moreover, generally applicable to political studies at large.
In: Politics, Volume 21, Issue 1, p. 73
ISSN: 0263-3957
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 15, Issue 3, p. 55-76
ISSN: 0268-4527
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Volume 78, Issue 1, p. 29-50
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 14, Issue 4, p. 105-129
ISSN: 0268-4527
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 13, Issue 4, p. 237-244
ISSN: 0268-4527
In: Intelligence and national security, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 201-207
ISSN: 0268-4527