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Legitimacy under Pressure: The European Web of Counter‐Terrorism Networks

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  • MONICA DEN BOER
  • CLAUDIA HILLEBRAND
  • ANDREAS NÖLKE

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Within European law enforcement circles, counter‐terrorism networks and privileged partnerships tend to be preferred to formal bureaucratic structures because of their flexibility and directness. The professional preference for informal, bilateral and privileged relationships may, however, undermine the potential of formally established agencies such as Europol and Eurojust, which work through national and centrally co‐ordinated channels of information and intelligence. This article seeks to assess whether standards of democratic, legal and social legitimacy are under pressure as a consequence of this persistent preference for horizontal, direct and informal co‐operation.

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  • Monica Den Boer & Claudia Hillebrand & Andreas Nölke, 2008. "Legitimacy under Pressure: The European Web of Counter‐Terrorism Networks," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(1), pages 101-124, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:46:y:2008:i:1:p:101-124
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2007.00769.x
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    1. Hendrik Hegemann, 2012. "Between Great Transformation and Politics as Usual: Formal and Informal Security Governance in EU Counterterrorism Policy," Economics of Security Working Paper Series 61, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Tim Legrand & Christian Leuprecht, 2021. "Securing cross-border collaboration: transgovernmental enforcement networks, organized crime and illicit international political economy [A tale of two borders: The US-Canada and US-Mexico lines af," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 40(4), pages 565-586.

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