Disaster Culture: Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe - Couverture rigide

Button, Gregory

 
9781598743883: Disaster Culture: Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe
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ISBN 10 : 1598743880 ISBN 13 : 9781598743883
Editeur : Left Coast Press Inc, 2010

Synopsis

When disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureaucrats, and analysts rush to the scene; personal tragedies are played out in a barrage of media coverage; on the ground, confusion and uncertainty reign. In this major comparative study, Gregory Button draws on three decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities to break new ground in our understanding of these moments of chaos. He explains how corporations, state agencies, social advocacy organizations, and other actors attempt to control disaster narratives, adopting public relations strategies that may either downplay or amplify a sense of uncertainty in order to advance political and policy goals. Importantly, he shows that disasters are not isolated events, offering a holistic account of the political dynamics of uncertainty in times of calamity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Gregory Button is a nationally recognized expert on disasters who has been studying extreme events for over thirty years. As a reporter and producer for public radio he covered and reported on the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the controversy surrounding Love Canal and the eruption of Mount St. Helens. He has also been a U.S. Congressional Fellow in the Senate. He currently a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Director of the Center for Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights; and a Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Social Justice.

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Éditeur
Left Coast Press Inc
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1598743880
ISBN 13 
9781598743883
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  1598743899 ISBN 13 :  9781598743890
Editeur : Routledge, 2010
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