Conflict and Cooperation in Intelligence and Security Organisations: An Institutional Costs Approach by James Thomson

Author:James Thomson [Thomson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, General, Political Science, Political Freedom, Terrorism, Security (National & International), Intelligence & Espionage
ISBN: 9781000474879
Google: WeRDEAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 58213631
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-11-11T07:38:38+00:00

Counterterrorism through the institutional costs impact framework

The different cooperative experiences of senior levels in the US and the UK can now be considered through the prism of institutional costs from a more theoretic perspective.

The US attempts at hierarchical control are summarised diagrammatically in Figure 4.4,226 which analyses the respective costs and benefits experienced by actors at different levels in a regulatory or delivery body.

Figure 4.4 Variance of Relative Utility from Different Degrees of Successful Programme Implementation Between Policy-Making and Operational Levels in the US

Using Dunleavy’s categorisations, the DNI can be conceived primarily as a regulatory agency, as its ability to act as a transfer agency (as originally conceived) was limited through the opportunistic behaviour of sub-groups.227 In contrast the DHS can be categorised as a regulatory (for its intended intelligence function) and a delivery (for some security functions) agency. Both are liable to high levels of institutional frictions when trying to enforce cooperation on lower organisational tiers, as described earlier.228

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