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The homeland security dilemma fear, failure and the future of American insecurity / Frank P. Harvey.
| Author/creator | Harvey, Frank P. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary security studies |
| Contents | Introduction: The origins of the homeland security dilemma -- Rising public expectations and higher standards for measuring performance -- The power and triumph of failure -- Public imagination and probability neglect -- Political imagination and motivation -- Declining support for sacrificing civil liberties -- Multilateral failures and the HSD -- Homeland security dilemma and political motivations -- Revisiting the Overblown thesis: logical, empirical and theoretical problems -- Non-falsifiability of Overblown theory -- Weak theories lead to simple (mistaken) solutions -- Conclusion: The homeland security dilemma and the future. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-277) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008002017 |
| ISBN | 9780415775151 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0415775159 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780203894248 (e book) |
| ISBN | 0203894243 (e book) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |