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The politics of disaster : tracking the impact of Hurricane Andrew / David K. Twigg.
LIBRA HV636 1992.F6 T95 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twigg, David K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurricane Andrew, 1992--Political aspects.
- Hurricane Andrew, 1992.
- Hurricanes--Political aspects--Florida.
- Hurricanes.
- Natural disasters--Political aspects--Florida.
- Natural disasters.
- Disaster relief--Political aspects--Florida.
- Disaster relief.
- Disaster relief--Political aspects.
- Natural disasters--Political aspects.
- Florida.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 211 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
- Summary:
- An examination of the politics of disaster on the local level through the analysis of three levels of incumbent politicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in South Florida.
- Contents:
- Disasters as political challenges
- Florida legislators: locally elected state officials
- The kaleidoscope of Florida politics
- Executive branch effects?
- Andrew's first cavalry: state officials respond
- In the eye: incumbents from severely damaged cities
- On the edge: incumbents from less severely damaged cities
- Out of the eye: incumbents from the least severely damaged cities
- Disasters as political challenges and opportunities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813041889
- 0813041880
- OCLC:
- 749857768
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