Networks and National Security : Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation

Chad Whelan

ISBN 10: 1409431231 / ISBN 13: 9781409431237

Edité par Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan 2012, 2012

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Neuware - Networks as sets of autonomous organisations working together to achieve individual and shared goals are increasingly important across many areas of public administration. This title presents a qualitative study of networks in the field of national security. It deals with the subject of inter-agency coordination in the field of national security.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Networks and National Security : Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation
• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan 2012
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1409431231
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781409431237
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 163 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 163 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 472 grammes

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Synopsis

Networks as sets of autonomous organisations working together to achieve individual and shared goals are becoming increasingly important across many areas of public administration. The importance of networks is well known but most analysts would agree that we do not know enough about the dynamics and effectiveness of networks in relation to their internal operations. This is a significant problem as security, intelligence, law enforcement and many other agencies are increasingly required to organise in and through networks to provide national security. In this comprehensive analysis, Chad Whelan presents a highly innovative, qualitative study of networks in the field of national security. Developing our understanding of 'organisational networks' in organisational theory, management and public administration, and 'security networks' in criminology and international relations, he presents a multi-disciplinary analysis of network forms of organisation. Whelan puts forward a methodological framework involving five levels of analysis - structural, cultural, policy, technological and relational - with which we can better analyse and understand the dynamics and effectiveness of networks. This framework is applied to public sector networks operating in the field of counter-terrorism in Australia in a way that is highly relevant to researchers and practitioners in many contexts where government departments and agencies, and the private sector, need to work together. Networks and National Security: Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation not only advances our knowledge of networks and national security but also assists with the essential tasks of evaluating and managing networks. Written in a clear and accessible style and featuring a wealth of first-hand accounts concerning the inside operations of networks, this book deals with the crucial subject of inter-agency coordination in the important field of national security.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Chad Whelan is a Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University. He has previously worked in security and risk management and currently lectures in the fields of serious crime, terrorism, intelligence, and security. Dr. Whelan is undertaking a number of multidisciplinary research projects involving developing techniques for analysing and managing networks in the field of national security