03939nam 2200745 a 450 991078504610332120230207213518.01-282-67904-X97866126790490-226-25745-210.7208/9780226257457(CKB)2670000000033494(EBL)557565(OCoLC)650524816(SSID)ssj0000430248(PQKBManifestationID)11270614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430248(PQKBWorkID)10453149(PQKB)10706814(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121862(MiAaPQ)EBC557565(DE-B1597)524796(OCoLC)748360640(DE-B1597)9780226257457(Au-PeEL)EBL557565(CaPaEBR)ebr10402611(CaONFJC)MIL267904(EXLCZ)99267000000003349420080422d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnder construction making homeland security at the local level /Kerry B. FosherChicago University of Chicago Press20091 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-25743-6 0-226-25744-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index.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 --INDEXIn 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.Civil defenseGovernment policyMassachusettsBoston Metropolitan AreaLocal governmentMassachusettsBoston Metropolitan AreaCivil defenseGovernment policyUnited StatesTerrorismSocial aspectsUnited StatesTerrorismUnited StatesPreventionNational securityUnited Statesterrorism, homeland security, counterterrorism, government, 9/11, boston, massachusetts, prevention, policy, nonfiction, politics, administration, national defense, ethics, anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, political science, bureaucracy, ethnography, history, patriot act, tsa, coast guard, border control, secrecy, surveillance, public health, bioterrorism, first responders.Civil defenseGovernment policyLocal governmentCivil defenseGovernment policyTerrorismSocial aspectsTerrorismPrevention.National security363.34/70973091732Fosher Kerry B1469343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785046103321Under construction3680800UNINA