Next-generation homeland security
Subtitle: network federalism and the course to national preparedness
By: John Fass Morton
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781612510880; 9781612510897
Subjects: Emergency management; National security; United States; Prevention; Terrorism; United States. Dept. of Homeland Security
Description: Positing that the 20th century system of federal-centric governance no longer provides for American security, the author makes the case for a next-generation homeland security transformation. He provides an inside view of the political dynamics behind the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the development of the National Preparedness System and focuses on the emerging belief that the nation must advance beyond the interagency model dominated by Washington, D.C. and the federal agencies' security relationships with state and local governments and the private sector. Introducing a 21st century governance paradigm called Network Federalism, the author charts the course to next-generation homeland security via statutorily empowered and decentralized intergovernmental staffs in the ten federal regions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.