ISBN: 9780199795765 - terror security & money p: balancing the risks, benefits, and costs of homeland security (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In the years following 9/11, the United States spent billions and billons on powerful surveillance and security systems and created a massive new government agency, the Department of Homeland Security. John Mueller, one of America's most trenchant critics of America's drive for enhanced security at all costs, has argued that while these measures have largely been unnecessary, the public succumbed to an alarmist media and a shrewd governmental scare campaign and came to support these measures. The price, Mueller has contended, has been a massive misallocation of resources. In previous books, Mueller focused on why national security threats are 'overblown,' but in Terrorism, Security, and Money, he teams up with Mark Stewart, a civil engineering professor and recognized authority on risk assessment for the built infrastructure, to put forth a more rational and cost-effective approach to managing domestic security. Instead of offering a critical account of the situation we're in, Mueller and Stewart instead focus on providing solutions based on the risk assessment science. After cataloguing the mistakes that the US has made (and continues to make), like spending wildly on ill-considered plans to mitigate unlikely threats, they offer tools-based probabilistic risk assessment that have the potential to redirect our efforts toward a more productive--and far more cost-effective--course.…

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Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Paperback; Measures 9¼" x 6" (0.8 kg); pp 267; Index; Includes: Graphs; Tables; References; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203717 ||.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 280 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30 line, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWL; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.