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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dobel, J. Patrick

Titel

The Rhetorical Possibilities of “Home” in Homeland Security

Ist Teil von

• Administration & society, 2010-09, Vol.42 (5), p.479-503

Ort / Verlag

Beverly Hills: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The creation of the Department of Homeland Security introduced “homeland” as a new concept into American political rhetoric. Using common language, literature, and philological analysis, this article uncovers the wide array of meanings that the metaphor home generates. These meanings can expand and constrain the policy focus of an institution dedicated to “home”-land security. They define home as: a place of refuge and peace; a place of intimacy and nurture; a community beyond multiple bloodlines with guest obligations; an intergenerational place to be preserved and handed on; and a sense of integrity that resides in a person. The article argues that public leaders can deploy the concept of home to expand the moral and policy range derived from concern for home far beyond an emphasis upon physical security.