Networks and national security : dynamics, effectiveness and organisation / Chad Whelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whelan, Chad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Network analysis (Planning).

Criminology.

National security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This analysis 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 net-works' 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 ne

Contents:

Understanding networks : network analysis, network organisations and security networks

Understanding network dynamics and network effectiveness : methodological framework and issues

Networks and structure

Networks and culture

Networks and policy

Networks and technology

Networks and relationships.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-59782-9

1-317-08887-5

1-317-08886-7

1-283-38291-1

9786613382917

1-4094-3124-X

9781315597829

OCLC:

772513915