Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity

This book adopts a critical lens to look at the workings of Western intelligence and intelligence oversight over time and space. Largely confined to the sub-field of intelligence studies, scholarly engagements with intelligence oversight have typically downplayed the violence carried out by secre...

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description This book adopts a critical lens to look at the workings of Western intelligence and intelligence oversight over time and space. Largely confined to the sub-field of intelligence studies, scholarly engagements with intelligence oversight have typically downplayed the violence carried out by secretive agencies. These studies have often served to justify weak oversight structures and promoted only marginal adaptations of policy frameworks in the wake of intelligence scandals. The essays gathered in this volume challenge the prevailing doxa in the academic field, adopting a critical lens to look at the workings of intelligence oversight in Europe and North America. Through chapters spanning across multiple disciplines – political sociology, history, and law – the book aims to recast intelligence oversight as acting in symbiosis with the legitimisation of the state’s secret violence and the enactment of impunity, showing how intelligence actors practically navigate the legal and political constraints created by oversight frameworks and practices, for instance by developing transnational networks of interdependence. The book also explores inventive legal steps and human rights mechanisms aimed at bridging some of the most serious gaps in existing frameworks, drawing inspiration from recent policy developments in the international struggle against torture. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, sociology, security studies, and international relations.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1218732025-03-20T23:29:10Z Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity bigo, didier MC CLUSKEY, Emma Tréguer, Félix counter-terrorism;democratic control;Five Eyes;human rights;impunity;intelligence oversight;networks of interdependence This book adopts a critical lens to look at the workings of Western intelligence and intelligence oversight over time and space. Largely confined to the sub-field of intelligence studies, scholarly engagements with intelligence oversight have typically downplayed the violence carried out by secretive agencies. These studies have often served to justify weak oversight structures and promoted only marginal adaptations of policy frameworks in the wake of intelligence scandals. The essays gathered in this volume challenge the prevailing doxa in the academic field, adopting a critical lens to look at the workings of intelligence oversight in Europe and North America. Through chapters spanning across multiple disciplines – political sociology, history, and law – the book aims to recast intelligence oversight as acting in symbiosis with the legitimisation of the state’s secret violence and the enactment of impunity, showing how intelligence actors practically navigate the legal and political constraints created by oversight frameworks and practices, for instance by developing transnational networks of interdependence. The book also explores inventive legal steps and human rights mechanisms aimed at bridging some of the most serious gaps in existing frameworks, drawing inspiration from recent policy developments in the international struggle against torture. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, sociology, security studies, and international relations. 2023-11-17T08:51:10Z 2023-11-17T08:51:10Z 2023-11-16T13:57:52Z 2024 book OCN: 1398509686 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85188 9781032406541 9781032406558 9781003354130 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121873 eng Routledge New Intelligence Studies open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85188/1/9781003821182.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85188/1/9781003821182.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85188/1/9781003821182.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/85188/1/9781003821182.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003354130 10.4324/9781003354130 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781032406541 9781032406558 9781003354130 Routledge 311 open access
spellingShingle counter-terrorism;democratic control;Five Eyes;human rights;impunity;intelligence oversight;networks of interdependence
Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title_full Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title_fullStr Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title_full_unstemmed Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title_short Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity
title_sort intelligence oversight in times of transnational impunity
topic counter-terrorism;democratic control;Five Eyes;human rights;impunity;intelligence oversight;networks of interdependence
topic_facet counter-terrorism;democratic control;Five Eyes;human rights;impunity;intelligence oversight;networks of interdependence
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