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System under stress : homeland security and American politics / Donald Kettl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kettl, Donald F.
- Series:
- Public affairs and policy administration series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Intergovernmental cooperation--United States.
- Intergovernmental cooperation.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Civil defense--United States.
- Civil defense.
- Public administration--United States.
- Public administration.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Homeland security and American politics
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Homeland security is perhaps the least understood of the important issues in American politics today. Created in response to system-wide coordination problems, it's unclear whether this new bureaucracy has made enough--and the right--changes to repel future terrorist attacks. Kettl shows how 9/11 stressed the political system and reveals what policymakers are doing well--and what the government is still struggling to solve.
- Contents:
- Reading the vital signs: the response to 9-11
- The rise of "Homeland Security"
- Homeland security and public policy
- The system breaks down
- Connecting the dots
- Mysterious powder
- Worries spread
- Homeland security as coordination
- The federal bureaucracy responds
- The organizational challenge
- First steps
- The restructuring struggle
- The battle over boundaries
- State and local struggles
- The dragon fighters respond to the terrorist attack
- Gaps in the system
- Coordination in theory and practice
- Money
- Normal organizations and abnormal events
- The political costs of managing risk
- Balancing risks
- Warning signals
- Trust
- Civil rIghts and civil liberties
- Passing the Patriot Act
- Broadening the war
- The building storm
- Balancing security and rights
- Stress test
- Opening the policy window
- How does the political system react to stress?
- What has Homeland Security done to the policy system?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1568028881
- OCLC:
- 54279972
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