Governing Disasters

Beyond Risk Culture

• Author(s): S. Revet, J. Langumier,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 250
• ISBN_10: 1137435461
  ISBN_13: 9781137435460
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Social Work , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Social Science / General ,

Description:... Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at local, national, and international levels govern disasters; it examines the political issues at stake that often go unaddressed and demonstrates that victims of disaster do not remain passive.