Hans Born Boeken

"Three distinguished experts, each well known in the international community of national security scholars, bring together in one volume the rich experience of three decades of experimentation in intelligence accountability. Using a structured approach, they examine the strengths and weaknesses of the intelligence systems of Argentina, Canada, Germany, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States."--Jacket

1. Evolving security concepts and actors: a challenge faced by parliaments. 2. Oversight of national security policy. 3. The main operational components of the security sector. 4. National security under parliamentary scrutiny: conditions and mechanisms.

More often than not Security Sector Reform (SSR) takes place against many odds, in difficult, barely enabling, less-than-ideal political, security, economic and social environments. Such difficult contexts are characterized by post-conflict environments, transitional political arrangements, widespread corruption, ongoing violence, imprecise, open-ended or non-inclusive peace agreements and post-conflict architectures, lack of resources, 'stolen' or impending elections or referenda - among others all circumstances that stand in the way of full-fledged, holistic and sustainable SSR efforts. Following an overview of ideal SSR requirements, contrasted with typical obstacles inhibiting SSR efforts, the main body of the book offers evidence-based analyses of positive and negative SSR experiences in barely enabling environments, drawing on the experiences of specific national and international SSR programmes and experiences in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Lessons learned from these experiences are meant to feed into theoretical rethinking and re-conceptualizing of SSR policy frameworks and help practitioners cope with the complex obstacles in designing and implementing effective and sustainable SSR in challenging environments.

The democratic oversight of the security sector has become a topic of great importance in contemporary societies, both in consolidated societies as well as societies in transition to democracy. Models for democratic oversight of the security sector are of special relevance for states in transition to democracy, that is models which are adequate and whose validity has been proved. This book provides an outlook on the renaissance currently underway on the relevance accorded to the democratic control of armed forces. Various chapters show that establishing democratic oversight is a difficult and long process. Drafting a new constitution and defence laws, which define the roles of the various state institutions, is not enough. Creating a qualified and critical mass of civilian experts, independent qualified media, as well as equipped parliaments with sufficient expertise are all long processes which require expertise, time and ressources.

Z obsahu: Definícia demokratického dohľadu nad bezpečnostnými a spravodajskými službami, Hľadanie právnych noriem a najlepšej praxe dohľadu, Definovanie mandátu, Menovanie riaditeľa, Informácie a ich evidencia, Úloha exekutívy, atd...