Abstract
This article identifies some key issues for new research in transportation security from a political science perspective: network-centric security thinking; infrastructure vulnerability; the dilemma of public/private operation of security screening; policy coordination and market failure; and intermodal security. We argue of the importance of the ‘homeland security dilemma’: the more governments and corporations spend on security, the greater the perception of failure in the event of a low-probability disaster event, hence the greater the risk of investment; consequently actors have an incentive to move transportation security off the public agenda and avoid spending on security.
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Salter, M.B. Political science perspectives on transportation security. J Transp Secur 1, 29–35 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12198-007-0003-7
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