critical infrastructure, risk and (in)security Dunn Cavelty, Myriam. Kristensen, Kristian Søby. text bibliography enk London New York Routledge 2008 monographic eng

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xv, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Kristian Søby Kristensen. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Terrorism Prevention National security United States Politics and government United States Foreign relations HV6431 .S423 2008 363.325 SEC 2008 9780415441094 (hardback) 0415441099 (hardback) 9780203092651 (ebook) 0203092651 (ebook) 2007048589 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048589.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048589.html DLC 071127 20170105102937.0 15093837