Governing Security : The Hidden Origins of American Security Agencies.

By: Cuéllar, Mariano-FlorentinoContributor(s): Cuaellar, Mariano-FlorentMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804784344Subject(s): Internal security -- United States | National security -- United States | United States. -- Dept. of Homeland Security | United States. -- Federal Security AgencyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Governing Security : The Hidden Origins of American Security AgenciesDDC classification: 355.033073 LOC classification: HV8139Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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 DHS -- 9. 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.
Summary: Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government.
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Intro -- 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 DHS -- 9. 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.

Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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