LEADER 03939nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910785046103321 005 20230207213518.0 010 $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 $emaking homeland security at the local level /$fKerry B. Fosher 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a0-226-25743-6 311 1 $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. 606 $aCivil defense$xGovernment policy$zMassachusetts$zBoston Metropolitan Area 606 $aLocal government$zMassachusetts$zBoston Metropolitan Area 606 $aCivil defense$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 610 $aterrorism, homeland security, counterterrorism, government, 9/11, boston, massachusetts, prevention, policy, nonfiction, politics, administration, national defense, ethics, anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, political science, bureaucracy, ethnography, history, patriot act, tsa, coast guard, border control, secrecy, surveillance, public health, bioterrorism, first responders. 615 0$aCivil defense$xGovernment policy 615 0$aLocal government 615 0$aCivil defense$xGovernment policy 615 0$aTerrorism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aNational security 676 $a363.34/70973091732 700 $aFosher$b Kerry B$01469343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785046103321 996 $aUnder construction$93680800 997 $aUNINA