Homeland Security, Emergency Management and Public Administration: Travels Across the Safety, Security and Academic Spectrum

Abstract

This continues a brief examination of what homeland security is and also a quick look at how it works on a national scale. Where it is located on a spectrum of studies and subjects involved in United States safety and security is also examined as is a look at homeland as an emerging discipline. Lastly, where it should reside in the academy is discussed and what kinds of programs it should offer are described. Additionally a model is provided to show how to establish a homeland security program and why homeland security as a subject is of great merit to the national discussion of the twenty-first century and her values.