{"product_id":"against-security-harvey-molotch-9780691163581","title":"Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger - Updated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow security procedures could be positive, safe, and effective\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe inspections we put up with at airport gates and the endless warnings we get at train stations, on buses, and all the rest are the way we encounter the vast apparatus of U.S. security. Like the wars fought in its name, these measures are supposed to make us safer in a post-9\/11 world. But do they? \u003ci\u003eAgainst Security\u003c\/i\u003e explains how these regimes of command-and-control not only annoy and intimidate but are counterproductive. Sociologist Harvey Molotch takes us through the sites, the gizmos, and the politics to urge greater trust in basic citizen capacities--along with smarter design of public spaces. In a new preface, he discusses abatement of panic and what the NSA leaks reveal about the real holes in our security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvey Molotch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691163588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691163581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.13w x 0.63d","brand":"Harvey Molotch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110639915263,"sku":"9780691163581","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_965e184c-2c34-4b63-ba85-c3cabe8e2283.jpg?v=1725469354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-security-harvey-molotch-9780691163581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}