Homeland security and federalism
Subtitle: protecting America from outside the Beltway
By: Matt A. Mayer.
Publisher: Praeger Security International; Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780313355226; 9780313355233
Subjects: National security -- United States; Civil defense -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; Internal security -- United States; Federal government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new kind of war; title: A short history of civilian defense in the United States; title: The limitations of today's Washington centric model; title: Where are all of the federalists? Case study one: Don't mess with Texas; title: Risk's role in determining where to allocate limited resources. Case study two: A tale of two cities; title: The importance of local preparedness. Case study three: Lessons learned from SARS, elevates Seattle/King County preparedness efforts; title: Decentralizing disaster management. Case study four: An honest approach to disasters in Ohio; title: Illegal immigration and the laboratories of democracy. Case study five: Arizonians say "Enough!"; title: Counterterrorism from the bottom up. Case study six: Los Angeles' counterterrorism innovation; title: The role of the community. case study seven: training tomorrow's prevention forces today at michigan state university.