Conjuring the holographic state: Scripting security doctrine for a (new) world of disorder

Administration and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-585

  Witt, Matthew T ^a,c   DeHaven Smith, Lance ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c College of Business and Public Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Civil liberties; Holographic State; PATRIOT Act; Policy paradigm; Science fiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649123515     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708321682     Document Type: Article

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