Governing Security
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2013-03-28
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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies
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In "Governing Security," Cuéllar takes up a complex and timely question at the intersection of law and society. Who has the power to design federal agencies, and who sets priorities when deciding on the most urgent security problems facing our country? Governing Security explores how these two questions are connected by investigating the hidden origins of two of the most powerful agencies in the federal government.
Even after Franklin Roosevelt failed in his drive to reorganize federal courts during his second term and faced the prospect of a costly war, he kept on pressing for authority to reorganize the executive branch and created a vast agency called the Federal Security Agency. Six decades later, the Bush Administration pursued one of the largest reorganizations in modern history after initially opposing the creation of a Department of Homeland Security in the wake of the September 11 attacks. This book investigates the story of these two agencies in order to illuminate the complex relationship between public law, executive organization, and the contested meaning of national security.
Using a mix of qualitative analysis of agency structure and budgets, doctrinal evaluation of legal developments, scrutiny of legislation and executive orders, and archival research, this work exposes the interplay between executive power and agency structure in shaping the nation’s security priorities. By analyzing these developments, the book shows how the impact of public law ultimately depends on how politicians go about security control of the vast agencies that implement statutes and regulations, and on how those agencies are in turn used to define the contested concept of security.
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The Ohio State University Mershon Center for International Security Studies
The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/Mershon13/032813.mp4
The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/Mershon13/032813.mp4
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Security