Disaster policy and politics : emergency management and homeland security /: emergency management and homeland security. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard T. Sylves.
• Authors: Sylves, Richard Terry
• Contents: CHAPTER 1: Disaster Management in the United States; The Montecito Debris Flow Disaster; The Fundamentals; Emergency Management as a Profession; Disasters as a Field of Scientific Research; Presidential Disaster Declarations; Fundamental Challenges of Emergency Management; Phases of Emergency Management; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 2: Theories and Approaches of Public Policy and Management Helpful in Disaster Studies; Normative Political Theories; The Role of Theory in Emergency Management; Theory in Disaster Recovery; Knowledge Codification and Knowledge Diffusion Issues; Big Data Analytics and Emergency Management; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 3: A Short History of U.S. Disaster Policy; The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense; Nationwide Emergency Management; The Birth of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Disaster Declaration Issues; Changes in Disaster Law, Policy, and Public Relations From Reagan to Clinton; All-Hazards Management; The 9/11 Attack Remakes U.S. Disaster Management; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 4: Presidential Declarations of Major Disaster or Emergency; The U.S. Constitution and Emergency Powers of the President; The "Policies" and Laws That Established Presidential Disaster Declarations; The "Programs" of Federal Emergency Management; The President's "Power" to Decide; The Significance of Post-9/11 Changes; The "Politics" of Presidential Declarations; "Paying" for Presidential Disaster Declarations; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 5: The Role of Research, Science, and Engineering; Researching Hazards and Disasters; Disaster Researchers Compete for Government Funding; Social Sciences and Emergency Management; The Science Informs the Policy and Politics of Disasters; Public Infrastructure Policy; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 6: Intergovernmental Program Management; Organization of the Chapter; Intergovernmental Program Management; The Frameworks and the National Incident Management System; Intergovernmental Disaster Management Challenges; Government Contractors and Disaster Management; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 7: Civil-Military Relations and National Security; Civil Defense to Homeland Security; The Military's Role in Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts; The Military, Homeland Security, and Disaster Policy; The National Guard, the U.S. Armed Forces, and Posse Comitatus; Homeland Security Supplements National Security; State Homeland and Security Grants; Operation Stonegarden; Homeland Security Grants and Their Effects at the Local Level; The Emergency Management Performance Grant Program; Replacement of the USA Patriot Act of 2001; The Homeland Security Advisory System; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 8: Globalization of Disasters; The U.S. Response System for Territories and Foreign States; Emergency Management in Other Nations; The United Nations and International Disaster Relief; U.S. Domestic Disaster Relief versus the U.S. International Relief System; FEMA vs OFDA; A Case Study: Borderline Disaster: U.S. and Canadian Disasters and Emergencies 1994-2013; The U.S. System of Federal Emergency Management; Canadian Government System of Federal Emergency Management; Bi-Lateral U.S.-Canada Emergency Management Agreements in Brief; Explaining Appdenix 8-1; U.S.-Canada Case Conclusions; Summary; Key Terms; CHAPTER 9: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: U.S. Disaster Management Challenged; Impact and Declarations: Hurricane Harvey; Impact and Declarations: Hurricane Irma; Impact and Declarations: Hurricane Maria; Immediate and Short-Term Response; Recovery; Problems; Comparisons; Lessons Learned; Conclusion; Key Terms; CHAPTER 10: Conclusions and the Future; What Has Happened to Federal Emergency Management?; The Hawaii Nuclear Attack Alert SNAFU and Its Implications; Chapter Take-Aways; Key Terms; Appendix A; Appendix B;
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.345610973; Emergency management -- United States; Intergovernmental cooperation -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506368696
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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