Comparative Homeland Security (eBook)

Global Lessons

Nadav Morag (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2018 | 2. Auflage
Wiley (Verlag)
9781119412427 (ISBN)

Infos

Introduces the reader to a variety of overseas Homeland Security strategies, policies, and practices in order to present approaches to addressing homeland security challenges and inform students and practitioners This book educates those studying or involved in American Homeland Security on the policies and procedures set by other countries so that they can learn from foreign experiences and determine which overseas approaches may be applicable to improving US Homeland Security policy. The book is broken down into topical categories reflecting some of the major areas within the field of Homeland Security. Each chapter comprises a discussion of strategic policies followed by a set of countries in the context of the subset of Homeland Security addressed in that particular chapter. The book also delves into cybersecurity policy issues, an area that has been growing exponentially but was not touched on in the first edition. The new edition of Comparative Homeland Security: Global Lessons updates foreign laws, strategies, and policies while expanding the depth and range of the discussion to include additional overseas policies. Based on eleven countries procedures and nine homeland security dimensions, it covers: Counterterrorism Strategies, Laws and Institutions; Law Enforcement Institutions and Strategies; Immigration and Counter-Radicalization; The Role of the Military in Security and Support for Civil Authorities; Border Security, Naturalization, and Asylum Policies; Security Facilities, Cyber Networks, and Transportation; Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response and Management and Crisis Communications; and Public Health Strategies and Institutions. New edition updates foreign strategies and policies and extends the scope of discussion of these topics Expanded approach for a wider range of students and practitioners exploring the homeland security policies of other countries Covers strategies and tactics to combat terrorism from a number of the world's democracies including: Great Britain, Israel, France, Germany, Canada, and Australia Chapters are organized topically rather than by country, thus allowing students and practitioners to easily compare policies and integrate the concepts presented into practice Comparative Homeland Security: Global Lessons, Second Edition is an excellent book for all scholars, students, and practitioners interested or involved in homeland security, emergency management, law enforcement, criminal justice, counter-terrorism, public health, transportation security, border security, and cybersecurity.

Autor

NADAV MORAG, PHD, is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Security Studies at Sam Houston State University. He also serves on the faculty of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he teaches senior homeland security officials. Dr. Morag serves on the editorial review board of the Homeland Security Affairs, the journal of Homeland Security Education and the Homeland Defense and Civil Support Journal and is a former Senior Director at Israel's National Security Council, where he worked with a small team to advise Israel's Prime Minister on national security policy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series on Homeland Defense and Security
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series on Homeland Defense and Security)
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Series on Homeland Defense and Security)
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: anticipating terrorist attacks • Arbeitssicherheit u. Umweltschutz i. d. Chemie • Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety • Chemie • Chemistry • combatting terrorism • Comparative Homeland Security: Global Lessons</p> • disaster management • Disaster Preparation • emergency management • emergency management systems • Emergency planning • Emergency preparation • Environmental & Occupational Health • first responders • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitswesen / Umwelt u. Arbeitsplatz • guide for first responders • guide to emergency management • guide to homeland security • guide to terrorism • Health & Social Care • Homeland Security • homeland security policies • homeland security procedures • Innere Sicherheit • international homeland security • International Security • <p>homeland security • protecting against terrorism • security management • Sicherheitsmanagement • terrorism • terrorism response • terror prevention • terror threats • the role of emergency management systems • the role of homeland security • understanding homeland security • understanding terrorism
• ISBN-13: 9781119412427 / 9781119412427