Letters, Power Lines, and Other Dangerous Things The Politics of Infrastructure Security

• Main Author: Ellis, Ryan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2020
• Series: Infrastructures
• Subjects: Economic systems & structures; Energy resources; Infrastructure; security; vulnerability; risk; politics; risk assessment; 911; deregulation; cybersecurity; power lines; electric grid; USPS; mail; anthrax; transportation networks; homeland security; critical infrastructure; TSA; regulation; detection; securitization
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An examination of how post-9/11 security concerns have transformed the public view and governance of infrastructure. After September 11, 2001, infrastructures-the mundane systems that undergird much of modern life-were suddenly considered "soft targets" that required immediate security enh...