Worst-case scenario? : governance, mediation & the security regime / Stuart Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Stuart, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security.

Internal security.

Emergency management.

Terrorism and mass media.

Social control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this original, provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the worst-case scenario. This consists of the projection of a significant material threat, used to bolster the security agenda of the neoliberal state. Using a wide range of official sources and case studies, from 9/11 to the Stockwell shooting, Price analyses the manoeuvres of the security regime as it attempts to reproduce a 'command structure' within civil society.

Contents:

About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Preparing for the worst?; 1 Myths of security; 2 Governance, technology and the state; 3 The security regime: state, governance and contingency; 4 The scenario: imagining events; 5 The security event: exercise, emergency and 'real world' crises; 6 The mediated event; 7 'Real world' security: neglect, incompetenceand the overproduction of force; 8 Pre-emption and perception management; Conclusion: Threat and social discipline; Notes; References; Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613171986

9781350224131

1350224138

9781780321370

1780321376

9781283171984

1283171988

9781848135314

1848135319

OCLC:

747428896