Insightful and engaging, Stuart Price's book provides a critical analysis of the myths and mechanisms associated with the "security regime" set up to counter terrorism.
Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication, University of Westminster, London
Stuart Price again brings his clever and critical eye to a consideration of so-called "emergency planning" routines, providing a vital corrective to the ... Read moreassumption that these practices represent a straightforward response to potential threats. Using a wide range of case-studies, he shows how the "intelligence community" attempt to create discrete loci of power which avoid democratic oversight. This book will be important reading for those of us interested in the ways in which the relationship between state and society continue to evolve, not always in progressive directions.
Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool
Stuart Price's bracing new book alerts us to the way that the contemporary security state pervades daily life. This is both a very alarming and a very scholarly work.
Toby Miller, author of 'Makeover Nation: The United States of Reinvention'
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