Disasters and the American state : how politicians, bureaucrats, and the public prepare for the unexpected / Patrick S. Roberts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Roberts, Patrick S., 1975-| Call Number | 363.34/70973 |
| Author | Roberts, Patrick S., 1975- author. |
| Title | Disasters and the American state : how politicians, bureaucrats, and the public prepare for the unexpected / Patrick S. Roberts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Disasters & the American State |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (ix, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | From disaster relief to disaster management -- The origins of the disaster state, 1789-1914 -- Civil defense and the foundations of disaster policy, 1914-1979 -- The rise of emergency management and FEMA, 1979-2001 -- Terrorism and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, 1993-2003 -- "Where the hell is the army?": Hurricane Katrina meets the homeland security era -- Administrative evil and elite panic in disaster management -- Disasters and the American state. |
| Summary | Disasters and the American State offers a thesis about the trajectory of federal government involvement in preparing for disaster shaped by contingent events. Politicians and bureaucrats claim credit for the government's successes in preparing for and responding to disaster, and they are also blamed for failures outside of government's control. New interventions have created precedents and established organizations and administrative cultures that accumulated over time and produced a general trend in which citizens, politicians and bureaucrats expect the government to provide more security from more kinds of disasters. The trend reached its peak when the Federal Emergency Management Agency adopted the idea of preparing for 'all hazards' as its mantra. Despite the rhetoric, however, the federal government's increasingly bold claims and heightened public expectations are disproportionate to the ability of the federal government to prevent or reduce the damage caused by disaster. |
| Subject | Disaster relief Government policy United States. Emergency management Government policy United States. Civil defense United States. |
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| Summary | Disasters and the American State offers a thesis about the trajectory of federal government involvement in preparing for disaster shaped by contingent events. Politicians and bureaucrats claim credit for the government's successes in preparing for and responding to disaster, and they are also blamed for failures outside of government's control. New interventions have created precedents and established organizations and administrative cultures that accumulated over time and produced a general trend in which citizens, politicians and bureaucrats expect the government to provide more security from more kinds of disasters. The trend reached its peak when the Federal Emergency Management Agency adopted the idea of preparing for 'all hazards' as its mantra. Despite the rhetoric, however, the federal government's increasingly bold claims and heightened public expectations are disproportionate to the ability of the federal government to prevent or reduce the damage caused by disaster. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | From disaster relief to disaster management -- The origins of the disaster state, 1789-1914 -- Civil defense and the foundations of disaster policy, 1914-1979 -- The rise of emergency management and FEMA, 1979-2001 -- Terrorism and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, 1993-2003 -- "Where the hell is the army?": Hurricane Katrina meets the homeland security era -- Administrative evil and elite panic in disaster management -- Disasters and the American state. |
| Subject | Disaster relief Government policy United States. Emergency management Government policy United States. Civil defense United States. |
| Multimedia |