John Mueller
Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
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In Terrorism, Security, and Money, John Mueller, one of America's most trenchant critics of America's drive for enhanced security at all costs, 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 insteadfocus 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 m…
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In Terrorism, Security, and Money, John Mueller, one of America's most trenchant critics of America's drive for enhanced security at all costs, 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 insteadfocus 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 ourefforts toward a more productive-and far more cost-effective-course.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Stewart, Mark G.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-979575-8
- EAN: 9780199795758
- Produktnummer: 22187506
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.3 cm 522 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 522
Über den Autor
John Mueller is Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, and Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University. He is the author of Atomic Obsession (OUP 2009). Mark Stewart is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability at the University of Newcastle in Australia.
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