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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817370003321

Autore

Fosher Kerry B

Titolo

Under construction : making homeland security at the local level / / Kerry B. Fosher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-67904-X

9786612679049

0-226-25745-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.34/70973091732

Soggetti

Civil defense - Government policy - Massachusetts - Boston Metropolitan Area

Local government - Massachusetts - Boston Metropolitan Area

Civil defense - Government policy - United States

Terrorism - Social aspects - United States

Terrorism - Prevention - United States

National security - United States

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 (p. [239]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. POSITIONS -- CHAPTER 2. CONTEXT: POLICY AND GEOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER 3. MUDDLING THROUGH: METHODS, ETHICS, AND WRITING -- CHAPTER 4. FINDING THE COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER 5. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HOMELAND SECURITY WORK -- CHAPTER 6. DAILY TASKS -- CHAPTER 7. CONCEPTUALIZING SECURITY -- CHAPTER 8. MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY: HOW THE WORK GETS DONE -- CHAPTER 9. OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS: FINAL COMMENTS -- APPENDIX. SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BOSTON AREA'S HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY COMMUNITY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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.