edited by Sandrine Revet and Julien Langumier ; translated by Ethan Rundell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
SERIES
Series Title
CERI series in international relations and political economy.
GENERAL NOTES
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Translation of: Le gouvernement des catastrophes. Paris : Éditions Karthala, 2013.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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, Fřďrick 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 Rh̥ne'; 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
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Gouvernement des catastrophes.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Crisis management.
Disasters -- Social aspects.
Emergency management.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HV551
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2
Book number
E358
2015
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Sandrine Revet and Julien Langumier ; translated by Ethan Rundell.