/edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Kristian S²by Kristensen.
Title Proper
Securing`the homeland` :critical infrastructure, risk and (in)security
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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London ;New York :
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Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 191 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
CSS studies in security and international relations
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INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : Securing the homeland : critical infrastructure, risk, and (in)security / Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Kristian S²by Kristensen -- The vulnerability of vital systems : how 'critical infrastructure' became a security problem / Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff -- Like a phoenix from the ashes : the reinvention of critical infrastructure protection as distributed security / Myriam Dunn Cavelty -- 'The absolute protection of our citizens' : critical infrastructure protection and the practice of security / Kristian S²by Kristensen -- Critical infrastructures and network pathologies : the semiotics and biopolitics of heteropolarity / James der Derian and Jesse Finkelstein -- Media, fear and the hyperreal : the construction of cyberterrorism as the ultimate threat to critical infrastructures / Maura Conway -- Homeland security through traceability : technologies of control as critical infrastructures / Philippe Bonditti -- The gendered narratives of homeland security : anarchy at the front door makes home a haven / Elgin M. Brunner -- Conclusion : The biopolitics of critical infrastructure protection / Julian Reid.