Disaster Management in China in a Changing Era - Couverture souple

Kang, Yi

 
9783662445150: Disaster Management in China in a Changing Era

Synopsis

This book shows how Chinese officials have responded to popular and international pressure, while at the same time seeking to preserve their own careers, in the context of disaster management. Using the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as a case study, it illustrates how authoritarian regimes are creating new governance mechanisms in response to the changing global environment and what challenges they are confronted with in the process. The book examines both the immediate and long-term effects of a major disaster on China's policy, institutions, and governing practices, and seeks to explain which factors lead to hasty and poorly conceived reconstruction efforts, which in turn reproduce the very same conditions of vulnerability or expose communities to new risks. In short, it tells a "political" story of how intra-governmental interactions, state-society relations, and international engagement can shape the processes and outcomes of recovery and reconstruction.

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À propos de l?auteur

The author did her BA in Philosophy at Fudan University, MPhil in Government & International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, and PhD in Political Science at Yale University. She joined the staff of Hong Kong Baptist University in 2011. Her research area is Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, and Disaster Management.

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