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HV6432 .B365 2011
HV6432
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B365
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کتابخانه
محل استقرار
080783470X (alk. paper)
9780807834701 (alk. paper)
dltt
Chasing phantoms :
[Book]
reality, imagination, & homeland security since 9/11 /
Michael Barkun
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
c2011
xviii, 184 p. ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index
Invisible dangers -- Disaster and terrorism -- Making the invisible visible : reverse transparencey and privacy -- Hurricane Katrina, unseen dangers, and the all-hazards policy -- The imagery of the landscape of fear -- Unseen dangers as defilements -- Two models of nonrational action -- Experts, narratives, and the public
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The author identifies a gap between the realities of terrorism, "violence without a return address", and the everyday discourse about it among government officials and the general public. Demonstrating that U.S. homeland security policy reflects significant nonrational thinking, he offers new recommendations for effective and rational policymaking
Civil defense-- United States
Emergency management-- United States
Imagery (Psychology)
Terrorism-- United States-- Prevention
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