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9781403972422

Understanding Homeland Security Policy, Perspectives, and Paradoxes

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    9781403972422

  • ISBN10:

    1403972427

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-05-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Understanding Homeland Security: Policy, Perspectives, and Paradoxes provides the first truly comprehensive analysis of the historical, social, psychological, technological, and political aspects that form the broad arena of homeland defense and security. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, the text provides a view of past events and how they formed the terrain for current events, allowing the audience to gain a detailed knowledge of government response and policy implications. With both the public and private sectors investing heavily in protection efforts, this text offers the essential starting point for the dynamic and emerging homeland defense arena.

Author Biography

Dr. John B. Noftsinger, Jr., is Associate Vice President of Research and Public Service, James Madison University.
Kenneth F. Newbold, Jr., is Associate Director for The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance, James Madison University.
Jack K. Wheeler is Graduate Fellow of The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance, James Madison University.
 

Table of Contents

List of Figuresp. ix
List of Tables and Boxesp. xi
Forewordp. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Reader's Guidep. xvii
Acronyms and Abbreviationsp. xix
About the Authorsp. xxiii
The Nature of the Threatp. 1
What Is Homeland Security?p. 27
Public Policy Issuesp. 55
Information Intelligencep. 79
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Securityp. 99
Risk Communication, Psychological Management, and Disaster Preparednessp. 119
Transportation and Border Security Issuesp. 149
Future Implications: Imagination, Integration, and Improvisationp. 175
Indexp. 197
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