1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466622103321

Autore

Lee Fred <1979->

Titolo

Extraordinary racial politics : four events in the informal Constitution of the United States / / Fred Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4399-1577-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Disciplina

305.80973

Soggetti

Racism - Political aspects - United States

African Americans - Civil rights

Indians, Treatment of - North America - History

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction into extraordinary racial politics -- Racial re-foundations and the rise of the nation-state -- Racial removal contracts and the nomos of the new world -- Racial states of exception and the decision on enmity -- Racial counter-publics and the power of judgment -- A reaffirmation of extraordinary racial politics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973322703321

Autore

Barkun Michael

Titolo

Chasing phantoms : reality, imagination, and homeland security since 9/11 / / by Michael Barkun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill [N. C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2011

ISBN

979-88-908817-0-0

979-88-9313-266-3

1-4696-0323-3

0-8078-7769-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/160973

363.325160973

Soggetti

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Civil defense - United States

Emergency management - United States

Imagery (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: INVISIBLE DANGERS; TWO: DISASTER AND TERRORISM; THREE: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Reverse Transparency and Privacy; FOUR: HURRICANE KATRINA, UNSEEN DANGERS, AND THE ALL-HAZARDS POLICY; FIVE: THE IMAGERY OF THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR; SIX: UNSEEN DANGERS AS DEFILEMENTS; SEVEN: TWO MODELS OF NONRATIONAL ACTION; EIGHT: EXPERTS, NARRATIVES, AND THE PUBLIC; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats. Yet even under a new administration, extraordinary domestic and international policies enacted by the U.S. government in the wake of 9/11 remain unchanged. Political scientist and former FBI consultant Michael Barkun argues that a nonrational, emotion-driven obsession with dang