The homeland security dilemma : fear, failure and the future of American insecurity /

This book explores the paradox of the 'security dilemma' in International Relations, as applied to the post-9/11 context of homeland security. The book's central argument can be summed up by the following counterintuitive thesis: the more security you have, the more security you will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harvey, Frank P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Colección:Contemporary security studies.
Temas:
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
National security > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
National security
Terrorism > Prevention
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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