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The Welfare-Security Fusion: Managing Citizens Instead of Governing Them
The fusion of welfare and security happened slowly, almost politely. It began with Roosevelt’s New Deal agencies, matured under Johnson’s Great Society, and crystallized after 9/11. The Department of Homeland Security’s creation in 2002 turned two bureaucracies — one that offered aid and one that gathered intelligence — into partners.
Oct 15, 20256 min read
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