Principles to Assess Accountability: A Study of Intelligence Agencies in Spain and Brazil

Yauri-Miranda, Jaseff Raziel

doi:10.1080/08850607.2020.1809954

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“…Thus, based on previous accountability studies (Schedler, 1999;Yauri-Miranda, 2020), accountability is defined as the activity conducted between two or more social actors, through institutional and non-institutional means, in order to bargain or potentially reallocate authority and legitimacy. The reallocation can be conducted within short-term outcomes that affect the initial actors, or in unforeseen and long-term consequences that affect those, and more.…”

Section: Accountabilitymentioning

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The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

Yauri-Miranda

2023

JICW

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This article analyses the accountability of intelligence agencies in Spain and Brazil. Drawing from critical intelligence studies, this article will argue that the goal of accountability is to expand legitimacy by incorporating the civil society. This requires redeveloping the scope of intelligence and its audience beyond legal norms and traditional decision-makers. To do so, the article will consider the following actors: 1) the media; 2) whistleblowers and leaks; 3) scholars; and 4) fiction writers. These actors may complement intelligence by gathering information or acting as knowledge advisory groups. Moreover, they can also challenge intelligence by promoting deeper scrutiny and transparency, while constructing archetypes that represent secret agencies. The conclusion will summarize the strengths and limitations deriving from these actors to promote accountability. It will also claim that, through a critical approach, exploring new accountability forms are necessary to expand the social legitimacy of intelligence policies. Received: 2022-10-07Revised: 2022-01-05

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Section: Accountabilitymentioning

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The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

Yauri-Miranda

2023

JICW

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“…Building on the actor-forum understanding of accountability, Yauri-Miranda conceptualises the relationship between authority and legitimacy by arguing that democratic accountability is a 'connector that links authority with legitimacy.' 53 The idea is that accountability is supposed to establish a continuous dialogue between legitimacy and authority, as neither naturally leads to the other. Hence accountability is an ongoing process that rearranges power positions between social actors.…”

Section: More Oversight More Accountability?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hence accountability is an ongoing process that rearranges power positions between social actors. 54 Yauri-Miranda incorporates both ideas of accountability as stimulated (virtue) and forced (mechanism), yet still with an overarching focus on oversight. Other authors define and conceptualise accountability in various wordings; however, they all imply an actor-forum relationship and contain references to oversight mechanisms and the three conditions of standards, sanctions, and access to information.…”

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“…Against that backdrop, a focus on how knowledge, with respect to accountability and the role of intelligence services in liberal democracies, is produced, processed, and practised within the field of intelligence accountability becomes crucial precisely because accountability functions as the factor granting legitimacy to intelligence services. 112…”

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confidence: 99%

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