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Restructuring of State Policing Post 9/11
<p>After September 11, 2001, the United States law enforcement community found itself ill prepared to handle the range of responsibilities required in a nation under the threat of terrorism. Police organizations hastily assigned resources to help mitigate areas hit hard by the attack while …
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Public Perception of the Use of Biometrics Post 9/11
… in the United State of America on September 11th, 2001 marked the beginning of a major overhaul of the federal government actions in terms of its policy making and investment into biometrics technologies. This study investigates whether the publics’ perception of the risks and benefits of …
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Emergency management and civil liberties in the post 9/11 era
This paper argues that in the post 9/11 era, the emergency management field is shifting toward the civil defence model that existed in the Cold War Era. Since the 1970s the emergency management field has focused on natural and man made disasters outside of war, but a renewed focus on security since …
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Colonized by Fear: A Postcolonial Reading of Post-9/11 Theatre
<p>Since the catastrophic attacks of September 11, 2001, the theatre has spent a great deal of ink examining the emotional and political reactions to the fear that settled over the nation and arguably the world. The shift in the global consciousness in the wake of the attacks was on such a scale …
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Post 9/11 combat veterans in agriculture: Healing, peace, and purpose
… help of others or machinery. There is a group of Post 9/11 Combat Veterans who have found agriculture provides them with therapeutic benefits as well as being a way to earn income. Luckily, some coalitions have formed to provide support and unity for these veterans. One problem is agriculture is …
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Securitization : the case of post-9/11 United States Africa policy
… attack against the United States on September 11, 2001, Africa has gained strategic significance due to the belief that its weak states are a danger to American national security. US Africa policy is now centered on the logic that weak African governments unable to provide for the basic needs …
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Beyond '9/11': counter-narratives of grief in post-9/11 literature
… have explored grief in response to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. It sets out to answer four key questions: is there anything to be gained — politically, socially, ethically, and aesthetically — from lived experiences of grief? How do the texts engage with the grief of abject and …
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Europeanization of Foreign Aid: Managing Post-9/11 Fragile, Conflict-Affected States
… is destabilising, as epitomised by the 9/11 attacks. Bush’s ‘war on terrorism’ speech-act during 9/11’s aftermath signified a juncture, and new historical epoch within International Relations. Within this epoch the EU was confronted by violent extremism/terrorism and irregular-migration …
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"The fullest possible account": Knowledge and Exceptionalism in Post-9/11 Literature
… exceptionalism, contending that the September 11th attacks undermine the nation's sense of its scientific superiority and result in the creation of a body of 21st-century literature that explores the country's position as a technological superpower. Specifically, because September 11th counters …
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Peacing it Together: Post 9/11 Enlisted Student Veterans’ Awakening to Peace Leadership
… methodological framework. Pre-interviews, post-interviews, journals, and discussion notes were the data collection methods with five participants who participated in a hybrid four-week program. Constructivist grounded theory was the principal data analysis method utilized for analyzing the …
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Antiterrorism design and public safety : reconciling CPTED with the post-9/11 city
Urban downtowns have changed since September 1 1, 2001, sprouting bollards, planters, and barriers installed on the pretense of improved safety and security. While these interventions protect buildings from vehicle bombs, they have not been properly integrated into the fabric of the downtown, and …
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In Their Own Words: Post-9/11 Student Veterans’ Perceived Motivation in Higher Education
… is to understand the perspectives and voices of Post-9/11 student veterans attending the University of South Florida (USF). This inquiry explored participants' stories and experiences regarding their motivation to attend higher education at a public, research-intensive university. This narrative …
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Heroes on the home front : heroism and virtue in post-9/11 American cinema /
… hero in mainstream American war and action films post September 11, 2001 . The thesis investigates how these heroes' behaviour echoes a patriotic, conservative construction of the modern American as created through speeches given by George W. Bush in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001 . …
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Sikh Men Post 9/11: Visible Markers of Religion, Perceived Religious Discrimination, and Career Barriers
… attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (9/11) stand out as a monumental event that is marked as a sad day in our society’s recent history and an even scarier reality of religious discrimination for Muslim Americans and “Arab-appearing” individuals. The purpose of this study was …
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Post-9/11 Networks of Biopower: Surveillance and Resistance In the Works of Juli Zeh
… hope because they call for resistance in a post-9/11 world where almost every aspect of daily life is observed, recorded, and controlled.</p>
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"All violence is not equal"; Adrienne Rich's Post-9/11 Poetry and the Precarious Life
… In my thesis, I analyze Rich's final three postmillennial poetry collections, <italics>The School Among the Ruins<italics> (2004), <italics>Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth<italics> (2007), and <italics>Tonight No Poetry Will Serve<italics> (2011), as I attempt to situate her post-9/11 …
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The University Experiences of Post-9/11 Native American Veterans: Strategic Support For Inclusion, Retention, & Success
… forms of support that shape and influence Post-9/11 Native American Student Veterans to enter, persist, and graduate from a mainstream institution of higher education. Moreover, it is a qualitative assessment that explores how Post-9/11 Native American Student Veterans navigate the …
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE POST 9/11 GI BILL TRANSFER ENTITLEMENT ON NAVY ENLISTED RETENTION RATES
The Post 9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) is one of the most transformative yet costly benefits that the VA offers. One of the most significant benefits that the PGIB program provides is the option for service members to transfer benefits to their spouses or children. The Transfer Entitlement was added to the …
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