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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Molotch, Harvey Luskin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 b9681226
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 120411t20122012njuab ob 001 0 eng d
005 20240703162351.6
010 |z  2012012128 
016 7 |a 016117541  |2 Uk 
019 |a 809411181  |a 884585685  |a 1037753741  |a 1055325079  |a 1066447488  |a 1132152942  |a 1153513093  |a 1162475101  |a 1200298789  |a 1228568034 
020 |a 140084486X  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9781400844869  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 069115581X 
020 |z 9780691155814 
020 |z 9780691163581 
020 |a 1400852331 
020 |a 9781400852338 
020 |a 1283571455 
020 |a 9781283571456 
020 |a 9786613883902 
020 |a 6613883905 
024 8 |a 9786613883902 
024 8 |a 7605318 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000054144079 
029 1 |a CHBIS  |b 011058676 
029 1 |a CHVBK  |b 498839354 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV042523210 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV043154177 
029 1 |a DEBBG  |b BV044167846 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 414072448 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 424608022 
029 1 |a DEBSZ  |b 43481671X 
035 |a (OCoLC)ebqac809977182 
035 |a (OCoLC)809977182  |z (OCoLC)809411181  |z (OCoLC)884585685  |z (OCoLC)1037753741  |z (OCoLC)1055325079  |z (OCoLC)1066447488  |z (OCoLC)1132152942  |z (OCoLC)1153513093  |z (OCoLC)1162475101  |z (OCoLC)1200298789  |z (OCoLC)1228568034 
037 |a ebqac999945 
040 |a CDX  |b eng  |e pn  |c CDX  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCO  |d E7B  |d N$T  |d OCLCQ  |d MHW  |d OCLCQ  |d JSTOR  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d IAT  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBSZ  |d P@U  |d OCLCQ  |d DEBBG  |d COO  |d OCLCO  |d CUS  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d JSTOR  |d CGU  |d S3O  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d AGLDB  |d MOR  |d PIFAG  |d ZCU  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d U3W  |d JBG  |d STF  |d VNS  |d VTS  |d ICG  |d VT2  |d REC  |d OCLCQ  |d WYU  |d DKC  |d OCLCQ  |d M8D  |d OCLCQ  |d SFB  |d UKAHL  |d UKCRE  |d AJS  |d INARC  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL  |d OCLCQ 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a GWRE 
050 4 |a HV6432  |b .M645 2012eb 
100 1 |a Molotch, Harvey Luskin,  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Against security :  |b how we go wrong at airports, subways, and other sites of ambiguous danger /  |c Harvey Molotch. 
264 1 |a Princeton :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c [2012] 
264 4 |c ©2012 
300 |a 1 online resource (260 pages) :  |b illustrations, maps 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a Introduction : colors of security -- Bare life : restroom anxiety and the urge for control -- Below the subway : taking care day in and day out -- Wrong-way flights : pushing humans away -- Forting up the skyline : rebuilding at ground zero -- Facing Katrina : illusions of levee and compulsion to build -- Conclusion : radical ambiguity and the default to decency. 
520 |a 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. 
546 |a English. 
650 0 |a Terrorism  |x Prevention  |x Government policy  |z United States. 
650 0 |a National security  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Transportation  |x Security measures  |z United States. 
650 7 |a National security  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Terrorism  |x Prevention  |x Government policy  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Transportation  |x Security measures  |2 fast 
651 7 |a United States  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Molotch, Harvey Luskin.  |t Against security.  |d Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012  |z 9780691155814  |w (DLC) 2012012128  |w (OCoLC)786002484 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/detail.action?docID=999945  |z Full Text (via ProQuest) 
915 |a - 
956 |a Ebook Central Academic Complete 
956 |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
994 |a 92  |b COD 
998 |b WorldCat record encoding level change 
999 f f |i ebb220d8-cabf-5994-bce2-f45a223d122a  |s 9687a58e-409b-5f28-9b32-56daf3da2248 
952 f f |p Can circulate  |a University of Colorado Boulder  |b Online  |c Online  |d Online  |e HV6432 .M645 2012eb  |h Library of Congress classification  |i web  |n 1