Publius: The Journal of Federalism Advance Access published online on September 29, 2007
Publius: The Journal of Federalism, doi:10.1093/publius/pjm029
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Challenges to Federalism: Homeland Security and Disaster Response


*Department of Political Science, East Carolina University. Email: scavoc{at}ecu.edu
School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University, Email: kearneyr{at}ecu.edu
Department of International Studies and Political Science, Virginia Military Institute. Email: KilroyRJ{at}vmi.edu
This article examines the state of federalism in the Bush Administration from the perspective of the policy area of homeland security and disaster response. The article uses the International City and County Management Association homeland security survey completed in the spring and summer of 2005 as a source of data. The article argues that while it is tempting to look for one single agency to control homeland security and disaster response, a networked model is better supported by the survey data and by recent experience in terrorist and natural disaster response.
Correspondence: scavoc{at}ecu.edu