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System under stress : homeland security and American politics
- Author
- Kettl, Donald F.
- Title
- System under stress : homeland security and American politics / Donald Kettl.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2004.
- Description
- viii, 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0413/2004001913.html
- Portion of title
- Homeland security and American politics
- Series
- Public affairs and policy administration series
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Reading the vital signs: the response to 9-11
- The rise of "Homeland Security"
- Homeland security and public policy
- The system breaks down
- Connecting the dots
- Mysterious powder
- Worries spread
- Homeland security as coordination
- The federal bureaucracy responds
- The organizational challenge
- First steps
- The restructuring struggle
- The battle over boundaries
- State and local struggles
- The dragon fighters respond to the terrorist attack
- Gaps in the system
- Coordination in theory and practice
- Money
- Normal organizations and abnormal events
- The political costs of managing risk
- Balancing risks
- Warning signals
- Trust
- Civil rIghts and civil liberties
- Passing the Patriot Act
- Broadening the war
- The building storm
- Balancing security and rights
- Stress test
- Opening the policy window
- How does the political system react to stress?
- What has Homeland Security done to the policy system?
- Subject headings
- Intergovernmental cooperation--United States. National security--United States. Terrorism--United States--Prevention. Civil defense--United States. Public administration--United States. United States--Politics and government.
- ISBN
- 1568028881 (alk. paper)