The difference homeland security makes
Comparing municipal corporate security in Canada and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12301005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Walby (0000-0002-5107-2309, University of Winnipeg, corresponding author), Randy K Lippert (0000-0001-8688-6874, University of Windsor) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 238-255 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Security Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0106 • E-ISSN: 1460-3640 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0967010615570109 |
| OpenAlex | W2166072062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
We explore what we refer to as municipal corporate security (MCS) units, a new form of security organization that differs significantly from public police and private contract security. Based on 36 interviews with MCS managers in 16 cities across Canada and in the United States, we examine how in-house security practices developed in private corporations are being transferred to municipal governments. We draw from the sociology of security governance to demonstrate how the Department of Homeland Security funding and policy has shaped MCS in the USA since 2001. The absence of similar centralized funding and policy for MCS in Canada has led to more piecemeal policy transfer, fewer links to federal government or national security, and more focus on nuisance policing than anti-terrorism. We also engage with the sociology of security consumption to argue that governments should be conceived as major buyers of security goods
Business · Cloud computing security · Corporate governance · Corporate security · Critical security studies · Government (linguistics · Homeland security · National security · Network security policy · Political science · Security studies · Terrorism · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration · Finance
Civilizing Security
Networked governance and the post-regulatory state
Consuming security
Nodal wars and network fallacies
The new political economy of private security
Eyes everywhere
Security in the age of networks
The Emerging Politics of DHS Fusion Centers
Knowns and Unknowns in the 'War on Terror
Plural Policing and Democratic Governance
Security Assemblages
Governing security for common goods
From ‘pluralisation’ to ‘the police extended family’
The Commodification of Policing
Mandates and Management Challenges in the Trenches
The 9/11 Commission Report
Constructing Homeland Security
Security That Matters
Beyond Risk
The moral economy of security
Consumer Culture and the Commodification of Policing and Security
Of risk and pork
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |