Immigration, the Borderlands, and the Resilient Homeland (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Shaw-Taylor, Yoku

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This title combines original research, case studies, and synoptic analysis to cover highly charged topics in America today. Each chapter in this edited volume offers conditional responses to three essential questions about the disciplinary status of homeland security: What are the domain's central problems? What research methods are best able to address those problems? What has research contributed to addressing homeland security's core problems? The volume is divided into two main sections. Part I: Immigration and Management covers topics such as: Immigration enforcementIllegal crossingBorder securityGaps in securing the borderland Part II: The Resilient Homeland addresses issues such as Lessons learned from the pandemicDisaster recovery and preparednessPublic health Cybersecurity This publication bridges knowledge from various topics related to homeland security into one volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781636713854
• Artikelnr.: 67973380

Autorenporträt

Yoku Shaw-Taylor serves as the lead author of this book. He is an Applied Sociologist with a PhD from George Washington University. He was Research Scientist at the NORC, University of Chicago, and an Operations Research Analyst (Contractor) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security also published by Bernan Press. The other contributors to this volume are all experts in their field. They are affiliated with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence: Borders, Trade, and Immigration Institute, a consortium led by the University of Houston and, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence: Coastal Resilience Center, a consortium led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are new findings from researchers who previously worked or currently work at the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or the New York City Health Department. There is also analysis from a consultant previously affiliated the World Customs Organization, and new information from professors or instructors with ties to University of Massachusetts, Tulane University, and Louisiana State University.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: IMMIGRATION AND BORDER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1: The Curious History of U.S. Immigration Enforcement, 1981-2020:
A Tale of Institutional Inertia and Administrative and Volatility
Chapter 2: Border Management, Immigration and Trade: The Convergence
Chapter 3: Capability Gaps in CBP's Operations
Chapter 4: The Limits of Physical Borders: Transactional Crime and the
Underworld of Globalization
Chapter 5: Unauthorized Immigration: Illegal Crossings and Apprehensions at
the Southwest Border, and the Border Wall
Chapter 6: The Border as Resource and Problem - Revisiting the Theory of
Discordant Border
PART II: THE RESILIENT HOMELAND
Chapter 7: Who is Prepared? The Resilient Citizen
Chapter 8: Pandemic Response: The Logistics of COVID-19 Mass Vaccination
Chapter 9: Public Mistrust of Public Health Authority: A Threat to
Resilience
Chapter 10: Hurricane Michael: A Case Study for Integrating Colleges and
Universities in Community Disaster Recovery to Build Resilience
Chapter 11: Top Cyber Security Concerns