The politics of possibility : risk and security beyond probability
Título:
The politics of possibility : risk and security beyond probability
ISBN:
9780822377269
9781306124652
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PRODUCTION_INFO:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Descrição Física:
1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations
Conteúdo:
On authority : probabilities for a world of possibility -- On risk : securing uncertain futures -- On the line : life signatures and the writing of the border -- On location : reconciling security and mobility -- On aesthetics : security's objects and the form of data -- On a potential politics.
Resumo:
Dissects the post 9/11 symbiosis between the state and private security firms, and its basis: the conviction that uncertainties-devastation by terrorist attack, financial market collapse-must be discerned and preempted, however unlikely they may be.
Nota Local:
Added to collection customer.56279.3
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Acesso Eletrônico:
Full Text Available From eBooks on EBSCOhost
LANGUAGE:
Inglês