The homeland security dilemma [electronic resource] : fear, failure and the future of American insecurity / Frank P. Harvey.

By: Harvey, Frank PContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary security studiesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xiii, 284 p. : illISBN: 9780203894248 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention | National security -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.3250973 LOC classification: HV6432 | .H38 2008Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-277) and index.

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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