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Government, Intelligence and Terrorism
Peter Hennessy
ISBN: 9780826496140
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Edition: illustrated edition
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The gathering of information by the Intelligence Services is now an issue of major importance in the modern world. But what are the ethical responsibilities of these bodies? How is that intelligence collected…
The gathering of information by the Intelligence Services is now an issue of major importance in the modern world. But what are the ethical responsibilities of these bodies? How is that intelligence collected, assessed and used? What is the impact and significance of the new protective state that has been constructed in Whitehall over the years since 2001? With new threats appearing to society both at home and abroad and sweeping changes being made to the law and Government, intelligence and police authorities where does the debate now take us? All these matters raise profound questions for the nature and future of democracy and human rights. These are considered and analysed by those the cutting edge of the debate in this brilliant book.
| ISBN | 0826496148 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780826496140
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. | | Weight (grammes) | 367 | | Imprint | Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 01 May 2007 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | Library of Congress | JN | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 327.12 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly, General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| 1 | | From secret state to protective state by Peter Hennessy | | 1 | | 2 | | Protecting the citizen in the twenty-first century : issues and challenges by Richard Mottram | | 42 | | 3 | | The international terrorist threat to the United Kingdom by Eliza Manningham-Buller | | 66 | | 4 | | Countering international terrorism : joining up the dots by Kevin Tebbit | | 74 | | 5 | | Reflections on secret intelligence by David Omand | | 97 | | 6 | | Just intelligence : prolegomena to an ethical theory by Michael Quinlan | | 123 | | 7 | | The dilemmas of using secret intelligence for public security by David Omand | | 142 | | 8 | | Ethics and intelligence by Kevin Tebbit | | 170 |
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