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Pommerening, Christine. "A Comparison of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in the United States and Germany: An Institutional Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60905_index.html>

Pommerening, C. , 2004-09-02 "A Comparison of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in the United States and Germany: An Institutional Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p60905_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Since the events of September 11, 2001, the protection of public and private infrastructures has become a major public policy issue in the United States and other countries. They are deemed critical, because they are essential to the functioning of modern societies, and because they are large technical systems that are particularly vulnerable to disruptions. The assessment of vulnerabilities of these complex and interrelated systems is the subject of a plethora of programs, activities, and agencies within the U.S. However, there could be interesting differences in dealing with critical infrastructure protection. In particular, countries like Germany that are similarly advanced and dependent on information infrastructures, but have a different tradition of public-private sector relations, might provide a useful comparison. It is argued here that the recognition of the criticality of infrastructures for national security, economic security, public health and safety, and public confidence is altering the relationship between the public and the private sector in the United States. The change is not only temporary, but structural, and seems to be indicative of a system of coordination that is more akin to the continental European model of corporatist structures than the North American free market system.

Principal-Agent Problems in the Private Security Industry: Critical Perspectives on the Use of Agency Theory in Modelling the Behaviour of Private Security Companies in Contemporary Post-Conflict Scenarios

Governing Security in Weak Postcolonial States: Private Self-Help, Partnership Policing and Shadow Networks of Public-Private Rule