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Coordinating for Contingencies: Taking Stock of Post‐9/11 Homeland Security Reforms
Author(s) -
Brattberg Erik
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2012.00662.x
Subject(s) - homeland security , homeland , computer security , stock (firearms) , business , terrorism , political science , engineering , computer science , law , politics , mechanical engineering
O ver a decade after S eptember 11, A merican citizens are still asking themselves: ‘how much safer are we today?’ This question is also pertinent for scholars seeking to understand the post‐ S eptember 11 homeland security reforms. This paper, drawing on the public administration literature and using D on K ettl's ‘contingent coordination’ framework, sets out to discuss how well these efforts have addressed the central coordination challenges posed by homeland security. In doing so, it makes two contributions: one methodological (e.g., operationalizing the contingent coordination framework) and one empirical (e.g., assessing the effectiveness of post‐9/11 homeland security reforms). The paper concludes with an overall assessment of how to find ways to further strengthen the capacity of the US homeland security system.