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



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Autore: Fosher Kerry B Visualizza persona
Titolo: Under construction : making homeland security at the local level / / Kerry B. Fosher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 363.34/70973091732
Soggetto topico: 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
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Under construction  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-67904-X
9786612679049
0-226-25745-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817370003321
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