Ramona's homeland,

Mode of access: Internet.

Redefining homeland security /

"... the Army War College (USAWC) and the Reserve Officers Association (ROA) hosted...."

The southern highlander and his homeland,

Bibliography: p. [373]-389.

Hearing to examine the joint performance of APHIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and CBP, U.S. Department of Homeland Security in protecting U.S. agriculture from foreign pests and diseases : hearing before the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, Wednesday, October 3, 2007.

"Serial no. 110-29."

Homeland Security Food and Agriculture Act of 2005 : report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 572 to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to give additional biosecurity responsibilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

"December 15, 2005."

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes : conference report (to accompany H.R. 2360).

"September 2005."

Nomination of Hon. Thomas "Tom" J. Ridge : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on the nomination of Hon. Thomas "Tom" J. Ridge to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, January 17, 2003.

Shipping list no.: 2003-0242-P.

Nomination of Hon. Gordon R. England : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on the nomination of Hon. Gordon R. England to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, January 24, 2003.

Shipping list no.: 2003-0242-P.

Nominations of Hon. Clark Kent Ervin, Janet Hale, and Linda M. Springer : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on the nominations of Hon. Clark Kent Ervin, to be Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Hale to be Under Secretary for Management fotr the Department of Homeland Security, and Linda M. Springer to be Congroller of the Office of Federal Financial Management for the Office of Management and Budget, February 27, 2003.

Shipping list no.: 2003-0242-P.

The Defense Travel System : boon or boondoggle? : hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, September 29, 2005.

"November 16, 2006"--Pt. 2.

Greetings from the cybercaliphate: some notes on homeland insecurity

One of the paradoxical effects of the 7 July bombings in London was to expose the ambivalence in the British government's attempt to wage war on terror by forcefully prosecuting war against those who resort to jihad abroad, actively participating in coalitions of the wining whether in Afghanistan or Iraq, while affording some of Islamism's key ideologists and strategists a high degree of latitude in the United Kingdom itself. This indicates a number of contradictions in official policy that simultaneously recognizes the globalized threat from violent Islamic militancy while, under the rubric of multiculturalism, tolerating those very strains of Islamist radicalism, some of which draw upon the interdependent and transnational character of conflict, to render the UK vulnerable to those very same violent forces. Consequently, the British authorities displayed a studied indifference towards this developing transnational phenomenon both during the 1990s and in some respects even after the London bombings. To explore the curious character of the government's response to the Islamist threat requires the examination of the emergence of this radical ideological understanding and what it entails as a reaction to modernization and secularism in both thought and practice. The analysis explores how government policies often facilitated the non-negotiable identity politics of those promoting a pure, authentic and regenerated Islamic order both in the UK and abroad. This reflected a profound misunderstanding of the growing source and appeal of radical Islam that can be interpreted as a consequence of the slow-motion collision between modernity in its recent globalized form and an Islamic social character, which renders standard western modernization theory, and indeed, the notion of a 'social science' itself, deeply questionable.

Making Sense of Home and Homeland: Former-Soviet Greeks' Motivations and Strategies for a Transnational Migrant Circuit

Focusing on former-Soviet Greeks' experiences of cross-border movement to Greece, this paper sheds light on the impact of this migration on the social identities of Russian Greeks as a transnational community. It draws on informants’ narratives and ethnographic observations recorded among Greek migrants in their home communities in southern Russia, and shows how their motivation, in their transnational movement, is determined by the ‘push-and-pull’ forces of socio-economic and political transformations in post-Soviet space. In these conditions, Greek identity becomes a resource which facilitates the organisation of transnational migration. The cultural, social and economic differences between the former-Soviet Greek migrants and the native-born population of Greece result in the emergence of a Pontic-Greek cultural identity which emphasises migrants’ connections with the former USSR. The difficulties of economic and cultural adaptation for migrants to Greece are examined in relation to the Russian Greeks' economic strategies within their home communities and their perception of the ‘homeland’ as a constantly contested and relocated social construct.

Development of local homeland security networks in the state of Florida: A social network analysis approach

How do local homeland security organizations respond to catastrophic events such as hurricanes and acts of terrorism? Among the most important aspects of this response are these organizations ability to adapt to the uncertain nature of these "focusing events" (Birkland 1997). They are often behind the curve, seeing response as a linear process, when in fact it is a complex, multifaceted process that requires understanding the interactions between the fiscal pressures facing local governments, the institutional pressures of working within a new regulatory framework and the political pressures of bringing together different levels of government with different perspectives and agendas. ^ This dissertation has focused on tracing the factors affecting the individuals and institutions planning, preparing, responding and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Using social network analysis, my study analyzes the interactions between the individuals and institutions that respond to these "focusing events." In practice, it is the combination of budgetary, institutional, and political pressures or constraints interacting with each other which resembles a Complex Adaptive System (CAS). ^ To investigate this system, my study evaluates the evolution of two separate sets of organizations composed of first responders (Fire Chiefs, Emergency Management Coordinators) and community volunteers organized in the state of Florida over the last fifteen years. Using a social network analysis approach, my dissertation analyzes the interactions between Citizen Corps Councils (CCCs) and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) in the state of Florida from 1996–2011. It is the pattern of interconnections that occur over time that are the focus of this study. ^ The social network analysis revealed an increase in the amount and density of connections between these organizations over the last fifteen years. The analysis also exposed the underlying patterns in these connections; that as the networks became more complex they also became more decentralized though not in any uniform manner. The present study brings to light a story of how communities have adapted to the ever changing circumstances that are sine qua non of natural and man-made disasters.^