LEADER 03583nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910459200103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-67904-X 010 $a9786612679049 010 $a0-226-25745-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226257457 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033494 035 $a(EBL)557565 035 $a(OCoLC)650524816 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430248 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430248 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453149 035 $a(PQKB)10706814 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557565 035 $a(DE-B1597)524796 035 $a(OCoLC)748360640 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226257457 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402611 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL267904 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033494 100 $a20080422d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnder construction$b[electronic resource] $emaking homeland security at the local level /$fKerry B. Fosher 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-25743-6 311 $a0-226-25744-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER 1. POSITIONS -- $tCHAPTER 2. CONTEXT: POLICY AND GEOGRAPHY -- $tCHAPTER 3. MUDDLING THROUGH: METHODS, ETHICS, AND WRITING -- $tCHAPTER 4. FINDING THE COMMUNITY -- $tCHAPTER 5. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO HOMELAND SECURITY WORK -- $tCHAPTER 6. DAILY TASKS -- $tCHAPTER 7. CONCEPTUALIZING SECURITY -- $tCHAPTER 8. MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY: HOW THE WORK GETS DONE -- $tCHAPTER 9. OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS: FINAL COMMENTS -- $tAPPENDIX. SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BOSTON AREA'S HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY COMMUNITY -- $tREFERENCES -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn 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.