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This article analyses the modes of governance through which the EU seeks to ensure the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries' participation in the realization of its internal security project. Although the EU, given the strong interde- pendence in these 'soft security' issues, has strong incentives to govern by conditionality in order to ensure the ENP countries' compliance, efforts to transfer policies by such hierarchical means encounter serious limitations as a result of lack of supranational competence and insufficient incentives that the EU can offer third countries to compen- sate for adaptation costs. By comparing Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) issues with different degrees of communitarization and representing different constellations of interests in relations with ENP countries, we find that the EU increasingly focuses on the extension of internal transgovernmental networks as an alternative form of external governance. Although theoretically allowing for horizontal patterns of co-owned coop- eration, the integrative potential of these networks is hampered by the lack of mutual trust and institutional incompatibilities in ENP countries. As a result, extended network governance becomes an attempt at unilateral policy-transfer by 'softer' means.

Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy. They remain entrenched in a 'grey area' in which neither authoritarian nor democratic governance has been established, where incomplete transitions to democracy remain the procedural norm. Internal Security Services in Liberalizing States is an excellent scholarly resource focusing on democracy and its non-democratic institutions in an era of stalled liberalization. It provides a comparative account of the internal security situations of Morocco and Indonesia and makes a significant contribution to the fields of comparative politics, including comparative democratization, intelligence and politics, international security and terrorism, as well as to courses on Morocco, the Maghreb and the Middle East, Islam, and Indonesia and Asia. The volume covers a considerable range of themes and is a thought-provoking resource for those who recognize the importance of incorporating major institutional actors in the course of political liberalization.

The text analyses Poland's internal security illustrated with the example of the tasks and activities of one of the Polish special services, the Internal Security Agency (pol. Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego – ABW). Although the Internal Security Agency was established as a counter-intelligence service, the scope of its tasks and activities places it among the criminal intelligence services, which is poorly effective in terms of the eradication of crime targeted at the state's internal security. The analysis of the issues of state security in the context of the ISA's activity has been elaborated in the present text with the following research questions: (1) To what extent does the statutory scope of the ISA's tasks lower the effectiveness of the actions aimed at combating crime threatening state security? (2) To what extent does the structural pathology inside the ISA lower the effectiveness of the actions aimed at combating crime threatening state security? The text features an extensive analysis of three major issues: (1) the ISA's statutory tasks (with particular consideration of de lege lata and de lege ferenda regulations), (2) the dysfunctional character of the ISA's activity in relation to the scope of its statutory tasks, and (3) the structural pathology resulting from the 'politicisation' of the Internal Security Agency. ; Przedmiotem analizy w tekście jest bezpieczeństwo wewnętrzne Polski, które prezentowane jest przez pryzmat zadań i działań Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (ABW), tj. jednej z polskich służb specjalnych. Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego powstała jako służba kontrwywiadowcza, jednakowoż zakres jej zadań sytuuje ją w ramach wywiadu kryminalnego, co należy uznać za mało efektywne w związku ze zwalczaniem przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko państwu. Analiza problematyki bezpieczeństwa państwa w kontekście działalności Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego została uściślona w tekście przez następujące pytania badawcze: (1) W jakim zakresie ustawowy zakres zadań Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego wpływa na niską efektywność zwalczania przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko bezpieczeństwu państwa? (2) W jakim zakresie patologie strukturalne w ramach Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego wpływają na niską efektywność zwalczania przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko bezpieczeństwu państwa? W pracy dokonano szerszej analizy trzech głównych zagadnień: (1) zadań ustawowych Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego ujętych w regulacjach de lege lata i de lege ferenda), (2) dysfunkcjonalności działalności Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego w związku z zakresem zadań ustawowych i (3) patologii strukturalnej w związku z upolitycznieniem Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego.

The text analyses Poland's internal security illustrated with the example of the tasks and activities of one of the Polish special services, the Internal Security Agency (pol. Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego – ABW). Although the Internal Security Agency was established as a counter-intelligence service, the scope of its tasks and activities places it among the criminal intelligence services, which is poorly effective in terms of the eradication of crime targeted at the state's internal security. The analysis of the issues of state security in the context of the ISA's activity has been elaborated in the present text with the following research questions: (1) To what extent does the statutory scope of the ISA's tasks lower the effectiveness of the actions aimed at combating crime threatening state security? (2) To what extent does the structural pathology inside the ISA lower the effectiveness of the actions aimed at combating crime threatening state security? The text features an extensive analysis of three major issues: (1) the ISA's statutory tasks (with particular consideration of de lege lata and de lege ferenda regulations), (2) the dysfunctional character of the ISA's activity in relation to the scope of its statutory tasks, and (3) the structural pathology resulting from the 'politicisation' of the Internal Security Agency. ; Przedmiotem analizy w tekście jest bezpieczeństwo wewnętrzne Polski, które prezentowane jest przez pryzmat zadań i działań Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wnętrznego (ABW), tj. jednej z polskich służb specjalnych. Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wnętrznego powstała jako służba kontrwywiadowcza, jednakowoż zakres jej zadań sytuuje ją w ramach wywiadu kryminalnego, co należy uznać za mało efektywne w związku ze zwalczaniem przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko państwu. Analiza problematyki bezpieczeństwa państwa w kontekście działalności Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wnętrznego została uściślona w tekście przez następujące pytania badawcze: (1) W jakim zakresie ustawowy zakres zadań Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego wpływa na niską efektywność zwalczania przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko bezpieczeństwu państwa? (2) W jakim zakresie patologie strukturalne w ramach Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego wpływają na niską efektywność zwalczania przestępstw skierowanych przeciwko bezpieczeństwu państwa? W pracy dokonano szerszej analizy trzech głównych zagadnień: (1) zadań ustawowych Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego ujętych w regulacjach de lege lata i de lege ferenda), (2) dysfunkcjonalności działalności Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego w związku z zakresem zadań ustawowych i (3) patologii strukturalnej w związku z upolitycznieniem Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego.

Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy. This excellent scholarly resource provides a comparative account of the internal security situations of Morocco and Indonesia, and focuses on democracy and its non-democratic institutions in an era of stalled liberalization.

Challenges to internal security of India are numerous. The extent and scope of threats are complex, varied and vast. No other country in the world confronts so many threats, with so much intensity, at the same time. Overall, more than 50 per cent of India is said to be affected by one or the other of these threats, which are not just 'law and order' problems. They have increasing external dimension falsifying conventional wisdom that internal security threats are caused mainly by internal sources. They threaten the body politic like a 'cancer'. The state of poor internal security situation is not because of India's unfavourable strategic environment but also due to weak internal security mechanism, especially its criminal justice system. In this context, the article argues that if appropriate actions are not taken, the threats may result in the gradual degradation of the Indian State. It suggests renewed set of policies and mechanisms in political, economic, socio-cultural, military and diplomatic arena.

"Maintenance of order and curbing violence--the core constituents of internal security-are fundamental responsibilities of any government. developing countries find this task especially challenging since they face a multitude of internal security threats, either caused by misgovernance, internal political turmoil, or provoked from outside. Since independence, the Indian state has grappled with a variety of internal security challenges including insurgencies, terrorist attacks, caste and communal violence, riots, and electoral violence. Their toll has claimed more lives than all of India's five external wars put together. However, after a sharp upswing in the 1980s and 1990s, a number of violence-related indicators have declined over the past two decades. This drop in violence, its causes and implications, have largely gone unnoticed. Three broad questions animate the discussions in "Internal Security in India". What has been the record of the Indian State in controlling violence and preserving order? How have the approaches and capacity of the State evolved to attain these twin objectives? And what have been the implications of the State's approach towards internal security for civil liberties and the quality of democracy?"--