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Disaster and the politics of intervention / edited by Andrew Lakoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk.
- The Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster relief--Political aspects.
- Disaster relief.
- Disaster relief--Government policy.
- Emergency management--Political aspects.
- Emergency management.
- Emergency management--Government policy.
- Intervention (Federal government).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster. Through measures such as disaster relief, infrastructure development, and environmental regulation, public policy is central to making societies more resilient. However, the recent drive to replace public institutions with market mechanisms has challenged governmental efforts to manage collective risk. The contributors to this volume analyze the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the management of catastrophic risk, addressing questions such as: How should homeland sec
- Contents:
- contents; Introduction; chapter one - Beyond Calculation; Chapter Two - Private Choices, Public Harms; chapter three - Strange Brew; chapter four - Risking Health; chapter five - Constructing Carbon Markets; Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612897801
- 9781282897809
- 1282897802
- 9780231519250
- 0231519257
- OCLC:
- 741350630
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