Against security : how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger / Harvey Molotch.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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 safety have translated into command-and-control procedures that annoy, intimidate, and are often counterproductive. Taking readers through varied ambiguously dangerous sites, the prominent urbanist and leading sociologist of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 140084486X 9781400844869 1400852331 9781400852338 1283571455 9781283571456 9786613883902 6613883905 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |