The homeland security dilemma [electronic resource] : fear, failure and the future of American insecurity / Frank P. Harvey.
Harvey, Frank P.
2008
HV6432 .H38 2008
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Title The homeland security dilemma [electronic resource] : fear, failure and the future of American insecurity / Frank P. Harvey.
Author Harvey, Frank P.
ISBN 9780415775151
0415775159
0415581583
9780415581585
9780203894248 (electronic book)
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Language English
Description xiii, 284 p. : ill.
Call Number HV6432 .H38 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.3250973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-277) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Contemporary security studies
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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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