Worst-case scenario? : governance, mediation & the security regime /: governance, mediation & the security regime. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stuart Price.
• Other Names: Price, Stuart, 1958-
• Contents: About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Preparing for the worst?; 1 -- Myths of security; 2 -- Governance, technology and the state; 3 -- The security regime: state, governance and contingency; 4 -- The scenario: imagining events; 5 -- The security event: exercise, emergency and 'real world' crises; 6 -- The mediated event; 7 -- 'Real world' security: neglect, incompetenceand the overproduction of force; 8 -- Pre-emption and perception management; Conclusion: Threat and social discipline; Notes; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 355.03; National security; Internal security; Emergency management -- Planning; Terrorism and mass media; Social control; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Emergency management -- Planning; Internal security; National security; Social control; Terrorism and mass media; Attentat; Innere Sicherheit; Sicherheitspolitik; Terrorismus; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848135314; 1848135319; 1283171988; 9781283171984
• Related ISBNs: 1848135300; 9781848135307; 1848135297; 9781848135291
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.