1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789795603321

Titolo

The new protective state : government, intelligence and terrorism / / edited by Peter Hennessy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-283-20799-0

9786613207999

1-4411-9993-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

327.12

Soggetti

Intelligence service

Secret service

Terrorism - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 From Secret State to Protective State; 2 Protecting the Citizen in the Twenty-first Century: Issues and Challenges; 3 The International Terrorist Threat to the United Kingdom; 4 Countering International Terrorism: Joining Up the Dots; 5 Reflections on Secret Intelligence; 6 Just Intelligence: Prolegomena to an Ethical Theory; 7 The Dilemmas of Using Secret Intelligence for Public Security; 8 Ethics and Intelligence; Epilogue; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The gathering of information by the Intelligence Services is now an issue of major importance in the modern world.   But what are the ethical responsibilities of these bodies? How is that intelligence collected, assessed and used?   What is the impact and significance of the new protective state that has been constructed in Whitehall over the years since 2001?.  With new threats appearing to society both at home and abroad and sweeping changes being made to the law and Government, intelligence and police authorities where does the debate now take us?.  All these matters raise profound question



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007994940403321

Titolo

Philosophy and modernization in China / edited by Liu Fangtong, Huang Songjie, George F. McLean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : The council for research in values and philosophy, c1997

ISBN

1-56518-066-6

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 184 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Cultural heritage and contemporary change . Series 3 , Asia ; 13

Chinese philosophical studies ; 13

Disciplina

181

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

199.622 FANL 01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia