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Spies and Their Masters: Intelligence–Policy Relations in Democratic Countries - Hardcover

Faini, Matteo

 
9780367407629: Spies and Their Masters: Intelligence–Policy Relations in Democratic Countries
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367407620 ISBN 13: 9780367407629
Publisher: Routledge India, 2020

Synopsis

This book delves into the secret histories of the CIA, the FBI, and British and Italian intelligence to study how policymakers can control intelligence agencies and when these agencies will try to remove their own government.

For every government they serve, intelligence agencies are both a threat and a necessity. They often provide vital information for national security, but the secrets they possess can also be used against their own masters. This book introduces subversion paradox theory to provide a social scientific explanation of the unequal power dynamic resulting from an often fraught relationship between agencies and their ‘masters’. The author also makes a case for the existence of ‘deep state’ conspiracies, including in highly developed democracies, and cautions those who denounce their existence that trying to control intelligence by politicizing it is likely to backfire.

An important intervention in the field of intelligence studies, this book will be indispensable for intelligence professionals and policymakers in understanding and bridging the cultural divide between these two groups. It will also make for a fascinating and informative read to scholars and researchers of diplomacy, foreign policy, international relations, strategic and defence studies, security studies, political studies, policymaking and comparative politics.

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About the Author

Matteo Faini works for the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. He has a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, and was previously a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

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Publisher
Routledge India
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367407620
ISBN 13 
9780367407629
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
136