Paradoxically, the greater the national security threats, the more important the role of local policy in the United States. In this article we examine homeland security initiatives-particularly the tension between risk and vulnerability-and the governance dilemmas they pose for local...

In the absence of significant federal economic development resources, local officials face complex choices about both the level and the orientations of their policy efforts. A national study of local economic development officials indicates that cities in this post federal period are...