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Swedish Military Intelligence
Producing Knowledge
Taschenbuch von Gunilla Erikkson
Sprache: Englisch

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'This book is a remarkable achievement in a field with a chronic shortage of contemporary in-depth empirical studies. Her investigation of the knowledge production process within the walls of an intelligence machinery offers unique insights, far beyond the ordinary handbook literature, personal recollections and historical accounts.' Wilhelm Agrell, Lund University Examining how styles of thought can influence intelligence analysis and thwart objectivity Intelligence produces knowledge on security issues such as conflicts, wars and complex political processes in order for policy makers to generate informed decisions. Intelligence knowledge production is often held as objective, value neutral, and with the intention of 'speaking truth onto power', but this study holds that such a perspective requires significant revision. Gunilla Eriksson argues for the existence of an implicit interpretive framework that continuously influences knowledge production, thereby making it dependent on one accepted and specific perspective contrary to the intentional objectivity. This inherited frame of interpretation, as well as the socialised norm of staying within the existing accepted frameworks of behaviour, ends up fostering conformity to the established 'logic of appropriateness'. Utilising unpublished primary intelligence material and adopting a critical policy analysis approach, Erikkson offers an original, critical view of the conditions surrounding the production of intelligence knowledge. Gunilla Eriksson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defense University. Prior to her academic career, she was an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service. Cover image: (c) [...] Cover design: [EUP logo] [...] ISBN 978-1-4744-1344-2 Barcode
'This book is a remarkable achievement in a field with a chronic shortage of contemporary in-depth empirical studies. Her investigation of the knowledge production process within the walls of an intelligence machinery offers unique insights, far beyond the ordinary handbook literature, personal recollections and historical accounts.' Wilhelm Agrell, Lund University Examining how styles of thought can influence intelligence analysis and thwart objectivity Intelligence produces knowledge on security issues such as conflicts, wars and complex political processes in order for policy makers to generate informed decisions. Intelligence knowledge production is often held as objective, value neutral, and with the intention of 'speaking truth onto power', but this study holds that such a perspective requires significant revision. Gunilla Eriksson argues for the existence of an implicit interpretive framework that continuously influences knowledge production, thereby making it dependent on one accepted and specific perspective contrary to the intentional objectivity. This inherited frame of interpretation, as well as the socialised norm of staying within the existing accepted frameworks of behaviour, ends up fostering conformity to the established 'logic of appropriateness'. Utilising unpublished primary intelligence material and adopting a critical policy analysis approach, Erikkson offers an original, critical view of the conditions surrounding the production of intelligence knowledge. Gunilla Eriksson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defense University. Prior to her academic career, she was an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service. Cover image: (c) [...] Cover design: [EUP logo] [...] ISBN 978-1-4744-1344-2 Barcode
Über den Autor
Gunilla Eriksson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defense University. She holds a PhD in political science from Örebro University, Sweden, Prior to her academic career, she was an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST).
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements

Part I

1: Introduction

  • Intelligence - A Special Kind of Knowledge
  • Intelligence and Knowledge
  • Policy and Knowledge
  • Investigating Intelligence Knowledge Production
  • Outline of the Book

2: Framework for Researching Intelligence Knowledge

  • In Search of Theory
  • A View on Institutionalism
  • A View on Knowledge
  • Social and Textual Discursive Practice
  • The Framework Applied

Part II

3 Intelligence in Swedish Political Culture

  • The Specificities of Swedish Political Culture
  • A Culture of Compromise and Consensus

4: The Institutional Setting

  • Task and Legal Framework
  • The Process of Tasking and Directing
  • The Formalised Intelligence Work Process

5: The Swedish Military Intelligence Directorate

  • Before 1945
  • From 1945 Until 1989
  • From Cold War until Today
  • Summary

Part III

6: Practice for Producing Knowledge

  • Making Intelligence Analysis
  • Phase One: Getting the Question Right
  • Phase Two: Reading Up
  • Phase Three: the Thinking Process
  • Phase Four: Aligning and Creating Support
  • Phase Five: Releasing the Assessment
  • Summary

7: Practice for Creating Knowledge

  • Directing the Intelligence Knowledge
  • The Literary Style
  • Consistency and Contradictions
  • The Ethic Component
  • Summary

Part IV

8: The Intelligence Worldview

  • Political Realism
  • Realism in the Estimates
  • Summary

9: The Representation of NATO

  • Constructing NATO
  • The Representation of NATO
  • NATO in an International Context
  • Summary

10: The Representation of Russia

  • Constructing Russia
  • The Representation of Russia
  • Russia in an International Context
  • Summary

11: The Representation of Terrorism

  • The Early Years
  • After the Re-Emergence of Terrorism
  • Recently
  • Summary

12: The Intelligence Discourse

  • Language Practice
  • Terms and Concepts
  • Facts, Arguments and Assumptions
  • Summary

Part V

13: The Intelligence 'Style of Thought' and 'Collective of Thought'

  • Intelligence Social Practice
  • Intelligence Social Discursive Practice
  • Intelligence Textual Discursive Practice
  • Intelligence Knowledge Discourse
  • Concluding Reflections and Suggestions

Bibliography

Literature

Articles

Public Inquiries

Intelligence Estimates and Policy Documents

Interviews

Observations

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Öffentliche Verwaltung
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781474432580
ISBN-10: 1474432581
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Erikkson, Gunilla
Hersteller: Edinburgh University Press
Maße: 233 x 158 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gunilla Erikkson
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2018
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 121065041
Über den Autor
Gunilla Eriksson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defense University. She holds a PhD in political science from Örebro University, Sweden, Prior to her academic career, she was an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST).
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements

Part I

1: Introduction

  • Intelligence - A Special Kind of Knowledge
  • Intelligence and Knowledge
  • Policy and Knowledge
  • Investigating Intelligence Knowledge Production
  • Outline of the Book

2: Framework for Researching Intelligence Knowledge

  • In Search of Theory
  • A View on Institutionalism
  • A View on Knowledge
  • Social and Textual Discursive Practice
  • The Framework Applied

Part II

3 Intelligence in Swedish Political Culture

  • The Specificities of Swedish Political Culture
  • A Culture of Compromise and Consensus

4: The Institutional Setting

  • Task and Legal Framework
  • The Process of Tasking and Directing
  • The Formalised Intelligence Work Process

5: The Swedish Military Intelligence Directorate

  • Before 1945
  • From 1945 Until 1989
  • From Cold War until Today
  • Summary

Part III

6: Practice for Producing Knowledge

  • Making Intelligence Analysis
  • Phase One: Getting the Question Right
  • Phase Two: Reading Up
  • Phase Three: the Thinking Process
  • Phase Four: Aligning and Creating Support
  • Phase Five: Releasing the Assessment
  • Summary

7: Practice for Creating Knowledge

  • Directing the Intelligence Knowledge
  • The Literary Style
  • Consistency and Contradictions
  • The Ethic Component
  • Summary

Part IV

8: The Intelligence Worldview

  • Political Realism
  • Realism in the Estimates
  • Summary

9: The Representation of NATO

  • Constructing NATO
  • The Representation of NATO
  • NATO in an International Context
  • Summary

10: The Representation of Russia

  • Constructing Russia
  • The Representation of Russia
  • Russia in an International Context
  • Summary

11: The Representation of Terrorism

  • The Early Years
  • After the Re-Emergence of Terrorism
  • Recently
  • Summary

12: The Intelligence Discourse

  • Language Practice
  • Terms and Concepts
  • Facts, Arguments and Assumptions
  • Summary

Part V

13: The Intelligence 'Style of Thought' and 'Collective of Thought'

  • Intelligence Social Practice
  • Intelligence Social Discursive Practice
  • Intelligence Textual Discursive Practice
  • Intelligence Knowledge Discourse
  • Concluding Reflections and Suggestions

Bibliography

Literature

Articles

Public Inquiries

Intelligence Estimates and Policy Documents

Interviews

Observations

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Öffentliche Verwaltung
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781474432580
ISBN-10: 1474432581
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Erikkson, Gunilla
Hersteller: Edinburgh University Press
Maße: 233 x 158 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Gunilla Erikkson
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2018
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 121065041
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