348 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Chaos Organization and Disaster Management offers a scholarly survey of disaster response behavior and management in the face of natural and manmade catastrophe. The author provides a methodological and empirical platform from which to initiate a critical analysis of disaster management. Sparked by a unique field study of the Israeli experience during the Gulf War, this book demonstrates the... Read more
The Official Organizing of Chaos
Creating Disasters
Preparing for the Worst
Are Disaster Agencies Effective?
The Other Side-Victims Perspective
The Power of Tradition
The Odds of Being a Victim
The Mother Hen Effect
Alternative Organizational Forms
Disaster Communities as Survival Mechanisms
Privatizing Disaster Management
Creating Disasters
Preparing for the Worst
Are Disaster Agencies Effective?
The Other Side-Victims Perspective
The Power of Tradition
The Odds of Being a Victim
The Mother Hen Effect
Alternative Organizational Forms
Disaster Communities as Survival Mechanisms
Privatizing Disaster Management
Biography
Kirschenbaum, Alan
"an eye-opening analysis of disaster management, one that provides practical advice…his ideas will challenge even the most knowledgeable disaster-management practitioners…anyone who accepts the challenge will find this book to be both intellectually stimulating and practical."
-Security Management, July 2005
