1st Edition

Intelligence Practices in High-Trust Societies Scandinavian Exceptionalism?

250 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the dynamics of intelligence practices in the Scandinavian culture of high social cohesion and high trust. Situated within the new body of scholarly literature, the book emphasizes critical empirical investigations of intelligence practices, highlighting the specific cultural settings of such practices. By providing Scandinavian perspectives on intelligence studies, the work... Read more

Foreword: Inventing Intelligence Studies in Scandinavia Wilhelm Agrell  Introduction Kira Vrist Rønn, Adam Diderichsen, Mia Hartmann, and Melanie Hartvigsen  PART I: LEGITIMACY AND COOPERATION  1. Glad to be of service: The Role of Small States in Intelligence Cooperation and the Myth of the “quid pro quo” Principle Thomas Wegener Friis  2. Little Brother Legitimacy: Small States and Intelligence Sharing as Gift-giving Adam Diderichsen  3. Unpacking Trust in International Intelligence Cooperation: SIGINT Trust Games in Denmark and Sweden Hedvig Ördén  PART II: ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST   4. Spy Hunters in a High-Trust Society: A Study of Secrecy, Suspicion and Cooperation in Swedish Counterintelligence in the 1980s Tony Ingesson  5. Scandinavian Police Intelligence Services: Friends or foes? On the normative desirability of civilian versus policiary intelligence agencies Ingvild Bruce  6. Intelligence oversight as an institutional battlefield: The Danish experience Melanie Hartvigsen, Mia Hartmann and Adam Diderichsen  7. Intelligence Oversight in Sweden and the Role of the Opposition: Three Intelligence Crises and their Political Repercussions Johan Matz  PART III: INTELLIGENCE PRACTICES  8. Intelligence Education for the Future: What Kind of Future is the Scandinavian Intelligence Community prepared for? Karen Lund Petersen and Kira Vrist Rønn  9. Recruiting the Swedish Intelligence Professional Sebastian Larsson  10. Negotiating and Formulating Intelligence Requirements in Denmark Tallat Rønn Shakoor  PART IV: TRUST AND CULTURES OF SECRECY  11. Exploiting trust: A moral guide Lars Christie and Andreas Eriksen  12. Diffusion and Resistance to Intelligence in the Norwegian Police Helene O. I. Gundhus and Christin T. Wathne  13. Metaphors We Hide Behind: What Metaphors of Data, Information, and Technology Can Tell Us About Scandinavian Intelligence Practices Sille Obelitz Søe  14. The Hyper-Secret Danish Intelligence Culture. Making sense of the Recurring Intelligence Scandals in Denmark Alexandra Franzén 

Biography

Kira Vrist Rønn is associate professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark.

Adam Diderichsen is a researcher at the Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark.

Mia Hartmann works as advisor and project manager at the Royal Danish Defence College, at the Department of Leadership and Organisation.

Melanie Hartvigsen is a PhD fellow at the University of Southern Denmark, Center for War Studies.