Networks and national security [[electronic resource] ] : dynamics, effectiveness and organisation / / Chad Whelan

• Autore: Whelan Chad
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.4
• Soggetto topico: Social networks; Network analysis (Planning); Criminology; National security
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Networks and national security
• ISBN: 1-317-08886-7; 1-283-38291-1; 9786613382917; 1-4094-3124-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465473403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II