Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger

by Harvey Molotch

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How security procedures could be positive, safe, and effective

Remember when an unattended package was just that, an unattended package? Remember when the airport was a place that evoked magical possibilities, not the anxiety of a full-body scan? In the post-9/11 world, we have become focused on heightened security measures, but do you feel safer? Are you safer?

Against Security explains how our anxieties about public...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:069115581X

ISBN13:9780691155814

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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National & International Security Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Urban Violence in Society

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