Harvey, Frank P. <br/><br/>
The homeland security dilemma  fear, failure and the future of American insecurity /  [electronic resource] : 
Frank P. Harvey. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2008. 
 - xiii, 284 p. :  ill. 
 - Contemporary security studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203894248 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terrorism--Prevention.--United States<br/>National security--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6432  / .H38 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.3250973