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CONTENTS Introduction.............................................................................................. 78 Homeland Security in the States ............................................................... 78 Homeland Security as an Organizational Response ................................... 84 Developing Homeland Security Policy in the States.................................. 86 Linkages between Politics and Policy ........................................................ 90 References ................................................................................................. 92

Introduction Soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, federal, state, and local governments mobilized support and resources to (1) establish new organizations or (2) expand current departments, agencies, or offices to coordinate, direct, or administer statewide homeland security efforts. The organizational processes and structures that resulted continue to receive inadequate treatment in the academic literature. Because of the relative newness of homeland security institutions in state government, perhaps this is to be expected. Although there has been some literature on this topic in recent years, it has not been focused on a synthesis of the organizational, policy, and political roles of homeland security agencies within state government. This chapter represents an exploratory effort to determine how best to study homeland security as an organizational phenomenon, and how to better understand the organizational and political attributes that shape state homeland security policies and outcomes.