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Immigration, the Borderlands, and the Resilient Homeland - Couverture souple

 
9781636713847: Immigration, the Borderlands, and the Resilient Homeland

Synopsis

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.

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À propos des auteurs

Yoku Shaw-Taylor studies and writes about immigration. He is editor of Immigration, the Borderlands and the Resilient Homeland, (2023). He is co-editor (with Steve Tuch) of The Other African Americans: Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, (2007). He is co-author (with Lorraine McCall) of Immigration, Assimilation and Border Security, second edition, (2020). He is co-author (with Pamela Peck Williams) of a history book of photo essays, Images of America: Bowie, (2016). His research publications are trans-disciplinary. Yoku has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the George Washington University.

Lorraine McCall is a quantitative analyst with a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She was a charter employee with the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. She worked extensively with the Office of Field Operations and with the Office of Border Patrol at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as on international and trade issues. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dr. McCall conducted studies of immigration fraud and at the recently renamed Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency, she served as a senior advisor and analyst.

Philip Kretsedemas is professor of sociology at University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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