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1. Goerdel, Holly. "Managing Homeland Security in American States: Politics versus Risk in State Allocations of Federal Security Grants" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 02, 2009 Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-11-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p360978_index.html>
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Is homeland security spending determined by public interest (terrorism risk), pork politics, or both? There is lively debate right now on whether our democracy has defended itself rationally or irresponsibly against future attacks. Building upon literature in strategic congressional management and intergovernmental politics, I develop and test a state-level model of homeland security allocations from 2004-07 to answer this question.

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