Under construction : making homeland security at the local level /
Kerry B. Fosher.
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (286 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. background and context; 1 // Positions; 2 // Context: Policy and Geography; // Muddling Through: Methods, Ethics, and Writing; 4 // Finding the Community; Part 2. what is homeland security practice?; 5 // A Brief Introduction to Homeland Security Work; 6 // Daily Tasks; 7 // Conceptualizing Security; 8 // Maintaining Flexibility: How the Work Gets Done; Part 3. conclusion; 9 // Opportunities and Problems: Final Comments; Appendix: Sample Organizations in the Boston Area's Homeland Security Policy Community; References; Index. - In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security became the paramount concern of virtually everyone involved in governing the United States. While the public's most enduring memories of that time involved the actions of the Bush administration or Congress, the day-to-day reality of homeland security was worked out at the local level. Kerry B. Fosher, having begun an anthropological study of counterterrorism in Boston a few months prior to the attacks, thus found herself in a unique position to observe the formation of an immensely important area of government practice.</
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| ISBN | 0824824075. - 0824824881
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