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Under construction : making homeland security at the local level / Kerry B. Fosher.
LIBRA UA928.5.B67 F67 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fosher, Kerry B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil defense--Government policy--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area.
- Civil defense.
- Local government--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area.
- Local government.
- Civil defense--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism--Social aspects--United States.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism--Social aspects.
- Government policy.
- United States.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Positions
- Context : policy and geography
- Muddling through : methods, ethics, and writing
- Finding the community
- A brief introduction to homeland security work
- Daily tasks
- Conceptualizing security
- Maintaining flexibility : how the work gets done
- Opportunities and problems : final comments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226257433
- 0226257436
- 9780226257440
- 0226257444
- OCLC:
- 226308147
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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