Homeland security, its law and its state : a design of power for the 21st century / Christos Boukalas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boukalas, Christos, author.

Series:

Routledge research in terrorism and the law

Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

United States.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Internal security--United States.

Internal security.

National security--United States.

National security.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book assesses the impact of post-9/11 domestic counterterrorism policy on US political life. It examines political discourse, law, institutional architecture, and state-population relations, and shows that 'homeland security' is a project with wide-ranging implications for democratic institutions and culture. These implications are addressed through a novel approach that treats law and the state as social relations, and relates developments in law to those in the state and in social dynamics. On this basis, the book examines the new political representations in counterterrorism discour.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: homeland security, the US polity, and social dynamics; 2 Politics, the state and law: a strategic-relational approach; 3 11 September 2001: a social, political and legal charting; 4 Heralding a new politics: the war on terror discourse; 5 A blueprint of power: legislating counterterrorism; 6 Counterterrorism legislation and the law-form; 7 The Act and the state: implementation, friction, resistance; 8 Department of homeland security and police restructuring;

9 Total intelligence, intelligence-led policing, 'totalitarian' state?10 The political significance of intelligence: government by experts; 11 Citizen corps: homeland security citizenship; 12 Resistance to homeland security; 13 Repression; 14 Homeland security: capital in full armour; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Boukalas, Christos. Homeland security, its law and its state : a design of power for the 21st century.

ISBN:

9780203797716

020379771X

130653948X

9781306539487

OCLC:

878144841

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