1. Introduction
2. The Ideological Foundations of International Order
Section 1: International Disaster Management Regimes: Relief, Risk Reduction, and Migration
3. The International Disaster Relief Regime
4. Disaster Risk Reduction
5. Disaster Displacement and Migration
Section 2: Disaster Diplomacy and Relief in Practice
6. The United States and Hurricane Katrina
7. Egypt and the Cairo Earthquake
8. China and Change in International Order
Conclusion
Biography
Scott D. Watson is associate professor of International Relations and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (2006) and is the author of The Securitisation of Humanitarian Migration (Routledge, 2009).
"Watson provides an erudite and revealing analysis on international disaster management by sensitizing us to the politics of disasters, the constitutive power of the international order and its complex casual relation with disaster management. Impeccably researched and clearly written, this book is a must read for undergraduates as well as the seasoned academic." — Simon Hollis, Swedish Defence University
