Governing disasters : beyond risk culture /: beyond risk culture. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Gouvernement des catastrophes.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sandrine Revet and Julien Langumier ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
• Editors: Revet, Sandrine; Langumier, Julien
• Contents: PART I: ANTICIPATION, PREPAREDNESS AND CONTROVERSIES; 1. Governing by Hazard: Controlling Mudslides and Promoting Tourism in the Mountains above Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan), 1966-1977, Marc Elie; 2. Monitoring Animals, Preparing Humans: An Ethnographical Study of Avian Influenza, Frédérick Keck; PART II: PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION; 3. Cultivating Communities after Disaster: A Whirlwind of Generosity on the Coasts of Sri Lanka, Mara Benadusi; 4. A Critical Look at the 'Risk culture': France's 'Plan Rhône'; Julien Langumier; PART III: ISSUES OF MEMORY; 5. Memory and methodology: Translocal and Transtemporal Fieldwork in Post-Disaster Santa Fe (Argentina), Susann Ullberg; 6. Laura Centemeri, Investigating the 'Discrete Memory' of the Seveso Disaster in Italy; Postscript: Thinking (by way of) Disaster; Nicolas Dodier
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (260 pages)
• Subjects: 363.34/8; Anthropology/General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief; Public Policy/Social Services & Welfare; Sociology & anthropology; Society & social sciences; Politics & government; Crisis management; Emergency management; Disasters -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137435477
• Related ISBNs: 113743547X
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.