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This book brings together an impressive range of academic and
intelligence professional perspectives to interrogate the social,
ethical and security upheavals in a world increasingly driven by
data. Written in a clear and accessible style, it offers fresh
insights to the deep reaching implications of Big Data for
communication, privacy and organisational decision-making. It seeks
to demystify developments around Big Data before evaluating their
current and likely future implications for areas as diverse as
corporate innovation, law enforcement, data science, journalism,
and food security. The contributors call for a rethinking of the
legal, ethical and philosophical frameworks that inform the
responsibilities and behaviours of state, corporate, institutional
and individual actors in a more networked, data-centric society. In
doing so, the book addresses the real world risks, opportunities
and potentialities of Big Data.
This book brings together an impressive range of academic and
intelligence professional perspectives to interrogate the social,
ethical and security upheavals in a world increasingly driven by
data. Written in a clear and accessible style, it offers fresh
insights to the deep reaching implications of Big Data for
communication, privacy and organisational decision-making. It seeks
to demystify developments around Big Data before evaluating their
current and likely future implications for areas as diverse as
corporate innovation, law enforcement, data science, journalism,
and food security. The contributors call for a rethinking of the
legal, ethical and philosophical frameworks that inform the
responsibilities and behaviours of state, corporate, institutional
and individual actors in a more networked, data-centric society. In
doing so, the book addresses the real world risks, opportunities
and potentialities of Big Data.
Whilst maritime studies tend to reflect the dominance of large
navies, history shows how relatively small naval forces can have a
disproportionately large impact on global events. From Confederate
commerce raiders in the nineteenth century, to Somali pirates
today, even the most minor of maritime forces can become a key
player on a global stage. Examining a broad range of examples, this
volume addresses the roles and activities of small navies in the
past and the present at the national, regional and international
level. In particular, it focusses on the different ways in which
such forces have identified and addressed national and
international security challenges and the way in which they
interact with other navies and security agencies. In addition the
collection also investigates the relationship of such navies with
non-governmental organisations, institutions and bodies in pursuit
of broader maritime goals, be they political, financial or
environmental. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach drawing on
the best new research from the fields of international relations,
security studies, strategic studies and maritime history, the book
examines the diversity of experience amongst different smaller
navies and also establishes areas of similarity. Divided into two
sections, part one begins with a number of chapters that are
theoretical in nature, whilst part two provides case studies that
offer a more regional focus, including analysis of the challenges
facing contemporary navies and historical case studies designed to
reveal the experience of small navies over time. By adopting an
approach that combines historical considerations with analysis of
current events, the collection offers a unique perspective on the
role that small navies have played in wider nautical affairs and
their continued impact upon global maritime strategies.
On the afternoon of September 11, 2001 the Irish Prime Minister
(Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern ordered the "heads of the security
services of key government departments" to undertake a complete
re-evaluation of measures to protect the state from attack. Hence,
underway within hours of the 9/11 outrage in the United States was
potentially the most far-reaching review of Irish national security
in decades. This book, the first major academic investigation of
Irish national security policy as it has operated since 9/11,
provides a theoretically informed analysis of that re-evaluation
and the decisions which have been taken as a consequence of it up
until September 2008. In so doing it draws on unprecedented access
to Ireland's police, security and intelligence agencies; over
twenty senior personnel agreed to be interviewed. Questions are
raised over the effectiveness of the Irish agencies, the relative
absence of naval and airborne defence and the impact on national
security of the policy imperative to transform the Defence Forces,
particularly the army, for more robust missions overseas. The book
also considers the securitization of Irish immigration policy and
the apparent absence of a coherent integration policy despite
international evidence suggesting the potential for radicalization
in socially marginalized western communities. Theoretically the
author demonstrates the utility to the analysis of national
security policy of three conceptual models of historical
institutionalism, governmental politics and threat evaluation. The
text is of interest to scholars of Security Studies, International
Relations and Politics, as well as state and NGO personnel,
journalists and general readers.
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