Governing Security : the Hidden Origins of American Security Agencies.

Governing Security : the Hidden Origins of American Security Agencies.

The impact of public law depends on how politicians secure control of public organizations, and how these organizations in turn are used to define national security. Governing Security explores this dynamic by investigating the surprising history of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of...

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Main Author: Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
United States. > Federal Security Agency.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security.
United States. > Department of Homeland Security
United States. > Federal Security Agency
National security > United States.
Internal security > United States.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Internal security
National security
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. The Twin Problems of Governing Security; 2. Rethinking Law, Security, and Organizational Structure; 3. Arming Democracy: Designing Federal Security; 4. Just How Secure Are You at This Moment? Growing and Elevating Federal Security; 5. Democracies Need Not Always Be Weak: More Control, and More to Control; 6. Crosscurrents or Greater Velocity: Shifting Functions, Justifications, and Capacity; 7. Maybe It's Time to Think Big: Creating DHS and Defining Homeland Security.
  • 8. The Political Logic and Early Legacy of DHS9. No Matter What Fate May Have in Store: Security and the Nation-State in a World of Economic Risk; 10. An Organizational Gloss on Separation of Powers; Conclusion: One Supreme Objective for the Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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