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Under construction : making homeland security at the local level / Kerry B. Fosher.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- 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.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 260 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612679049
- 9781282679047
- 128267904X
- 9780226257457
- 0226257452
- OCLC:
- 650524816
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