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Governing security : the hidden origins of American security agencies / Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford Law Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2013]Description: xviii, 316 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780804770699 (alk. paper)
  • 0804770697 (alk. paper)
  • 9780804770705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0804770700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8139 .C84 2013
Contents:
The twin problems of governing security -- Rethinking law, security, and organizational structure -- Arming democracy : designing federal security -- Just how secure are you at this moment? : growing and elevating federal security -- Democracies need not always be weak : more control, and more to control -- Crosscurrents or greater velocity : shifting functions, justifications, and capacity -- Maybe it's time to think big : creating DHS and defining homeland security -- The political logic and early legacy of DHS -- No matter what fate may have in store : security and the nation-state in a world of economic risk -- An organizational gloss on separation of powers -- Conclusion : one supreme objective for the future.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Circulating Book Collection Circulating Book Collection Albright College Library Stacks General collection 355.033 C965g 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31856002411062
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.

The twin problems of governing security -- Rethinking law, security, and organizational structure -- Arming democracy : designing federal security -- Just how secure are you at this moment? : growing and elevating federal security -- Democracies need not always be weak : more control, and more to control -- Crosscurrents or greater velocity : shifting functions, justifications, and capacity -- Maybe it's time to think big : creating DHS and defining homeland security -- The political logic and early legacy of DHS -- No matter what fate may have in store : security and the nation-state in a world of economic risk -- An organizational gloss on separation of powers -- Conclusion : one supreme objective for the future.

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