1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459948803321

Autore

Theoharis Athan G

Titolo

Abuse of power [[electronic resource] ] : how Cold War surveillance and secrecy policy shaped the response to 9/11 / / Athan G. Theoharis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4399-0666-1

1-283-13386-5

9786613133861

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

363.325/16

Soggetti

Electronic surveillance

Wiretapping

Intelligence service

Cold War

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A New Intelligence Paradigm: Surveillance and Preventive Detention; 2. A History of FBI Wiretapping Authority; 3. The Politics of Wiretapping; 4. A Commitment to Secrecy; 5. The Limits of Counterintelligence; 6. The Politics of Counterintelligence; 7. Ignoring the Lessons of the Cold War; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Athan Theoharis, long a respected authority on surveillance and secrecy, established his reputation for meticulous scholarship with his work on the loyalty security program developed under Truman and McCarthy. In Abuse of Power, Theoharis continues his investigation of U.S. government surveillance and historicizes the 9/11 response.Criticizing the U.S. government's secret activities and policies during periods of ""unprecedented crisis,"" he recounts how presidents and FBI officials exploited concerns about foreign-based internal security threats.Drawing on infor



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792358903321

Titolo

Consuming space [[electronic resource] ] : placing consumption in perspective / / edited by Michael K. Goodman, David Goodman, Michael Redclift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Limited, c2010

ISBN

1-315-57374-1

1-317-16111-4

1-317-16110-6

1-282-52510-7

9786612525100

0-7546-8911-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodmanMichael K. <1969->

GoodmanDavid

RedcliftM. R

Disciplina

304.2

306.3-dc22

Soggetti

Human geography

Human territoriality

Spatial behavior

Consumption (Economics)

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; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Grounding Consuming Space; 1 Introduction: Situating Consumption, Space and Place; 2 Multiple Spaces of Consumption: Some Historical Perspectives; 3 The Seduction of Space; Part I - The Consumption of Space and Place; 4 Frontier Spaces of Production and Consumption: Surfaces, Appearances and Representations on the 'Mayan Riviera'; 5 Recognition and Redistribution in the Renegotiation of Rural Space: The Dynamics of Aesthetic and Ethical Critiques; Part II - Consumption in Space and



Place

6 Ethical Campaigning and Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains: Transforming Retailers' Purchasing Practices?7 The Cultural Economy of the Boutique Hotel: The Case of the Schrager and W Hotels in New York; Part III - Consumption as Connection/Disconnection/Reconnection; 8 Manufacturing Meaning along the Chicken Supply Chain: Consumer Anxiety and the Spaces of Production; 9 Place and Space in Alternative Food Networks: Connecting Production and Consumption; Part IV - Consumption as Production and Production as Consumption; 10 Creating Palate Geographies: Chilean Wine and UK Consumption Spaces

11 Consuming Burmese Teak: Anatomy of a Violent Luxury Resource12 Space for Change or Changing Spaces: Exploiting Virtual Spaces of Consumption; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the relationship between space, place and consumption, aiming to develop integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place. The result is a varied, engaging, and innovative study of consumption and its role in structuring contemporary capitalist political economies.