One nation under siege
Subtitle: Congress, terrorism, and the fate of American democracy
By: Jocelyn Jones Evans.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813125886
Subjects: United States. -- Congress; United States. -- Congress -- Security measures; United States. -- Congress -- Constituent communication; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) -- Security measures; United States Capitol Visitor Center (Washington, D.C.); Civil rights -- United States; National security -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Congress as an adaptive institution; title: Reconciling security and liberty : attacks on the Capitol and corresponding changes in security; title: Enunciators and blackberrys : Congressional office administration post 9/11; title: Is writing a letter to your member of Congress a thing of the past? Congressional office communication and accessibility; title: Terror wars and turf wars : the homeland security committees; title: Gateway to American history or fort Capitol? construction of the Capitol Visitor Center; title: The social meaning of Congressional change : expressive, behavioral, and symbolic elements of institutional reform.