Disasters and the American State: How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Public Prepare for the Unexpected

ISBN-13: 9781316631201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 236 str.

Roberts, Patrick S.

Opis

Disasters and the American State offers a thesis about the trajectory of federal government involvement in preparing for disaster shaped by contingent events.

Recenzje

'… a thoroughly persuasive account of the long and uneven development of what he calls the American 'disaster state'. Roberts' fundamental goal is to help us understand contemporary disaster politics, including how past politics and institutions have given rise to these politics. He draws on insights from the literature on American political development to provide us with this account, which emphasizes the role of historical patterns as well as idiosyncrasies in creating these politics, and their roles in shaping the American state. The book is very well written, provocative, and well researched. Anyone interested in American political development should find it compelling, and of course, disaster scholars may be especially interested.' Logan Strother, Disaster, Property and Politics blog (disasterspropertypolitics.com)

Spis treści

1. From disaster relief to disaster management; 2. The origins of the disaster state, 1789–1914; 3. Civil defense and the foundations of disaster policy, 1914–79; 4. The rise of emergency management and FEMA, 1979–2001; 5. Terrorism and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, 1993–2003; 6. 'Where the hell is the Army?' Hurricane Katrina meets the homeland security era; 7. Administrative evil and elite panic in disaster management; 8. Disasters and the American state.