Securing 'the homeland' : critical infrastructure, risk and (in)security / edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Kristian Søby Kristensen.
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TextSeries: CSS studies in security and international relationsPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xv, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415441094 (hardback); 0415441099 (hardback); 9780203092651 (ebook); 0203092651 (ebook)Subject(s): Terrorism -- Prevention | National security | United States -- Politics and government | United States -- Foreign relationsDDC classification: 363.325 LOC classification: HV6431 | .S423 2008Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 363.325 POL 2006 The politics of terrorism : | 363.325 RES 2006 Responding to terrorism in South Asia / | 363.325 ROG 2016 Irregular war : | 363.325 SEC 2008 Securing 'the homeland' : | 363.325 SEI 2011 Global terrorism and new media : | 363.325 SOU 2009 South Asia, the spectre of terrorism / | 363.325 TAY 2011 Talking to terrorists : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Securing the homeland : critical infrastructure, risk, and (in)security / Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Kristian Søby Kristensen -- The vulnerability of vital systems : how 'critical infrastructure' became a security problem / Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff -- Like a phoenix from the ashes : the reinvention of critical infrastructure protection as distributed security / Myriam Dunn Cavelty -- 'The absolute protection of our citizens' : critical infrastructure protection and the practice of security / Kristian Søby Kristensen -- Critical infrastructures and network pathologies : the semiotics and biopolitics of heteropolarity / James der Derian and Jesse Finkelstein -- Media, fear and the hyperreal : the construction of cyberterrorism as the ultimate threat to critical infrastructures / Maura Conway -- Homeland security through traceability : technologies of control as critical infrastructures / Philippe Bonditti -- The gendered narratives of homeland security : anarchy at the front door makes home a haven / Elgin M. Brunner -- Conclusion : The biopolitics of critical infrastructure protection / Julian Reid.
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