Researching National Security Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Approaches - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626167036 ISBN 13: 9781626167032

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2019

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

Review

"This is the first single volume exploration of intelligence studies methods. Inter-disciplinary and bringing together both scholars and practitioners, it is an important contribution and will have a major impact." ― Richard Aldrich, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick

"This outstanding set of essays is an important contribution to the discipline of Intelligence Studies. Well written, insightful, and multidisciplinary, the essays combine into an indispensable assessment of scholarly research on the workings of secret spy agencies in the democratic societies." ― Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia

"An impressive study that illustrates the broad range ― but also the limits ― of the field of intelligence studies today.  Should be read not only by students of intelligence, but also by scholars in other disciplines who are interested in studying intelligence issues, and by intelligence practitioners and policy makers who want to engage with and take advantage of the research done in the growing field of intelligence studies." ― Erik Dahl,, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1626167036
• ISBN 13: 9781626167032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Coulthart Stephen, Landon-Murray Michael, Van Puyvelde Damien