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

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

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Physical Description:xiii, 284 p. :; ill.
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The homeland security dilemma [electronic resource] : fear, failure and the future of American insecurity / Frank P. Harvey.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
xiii, 284 p. : ill.
Contemporary security studies
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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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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