Terrorism and Disaster

New Threats, New Ideas

AvLee Clarke,William R. Freudenburg

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

Del 11 i serien Research in Social Problems and Public Policy

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Beskrivning

The terror attacks of 9.11 signalled that people are increasingly put at risk of not only terrorism but natural and technological disasters as well. Since 9.11 scholars have been asking new questions about catastrophe and made important and interesting innovations in methods, concepts, and theories regarding disaster and terror. This volume brings together a creative set of papers, most of which are about the 9.11 attacks. They draw from several disciplines to address key questions: what lessons does the response to the collapse of the World Trade Center have for disaster planning? what has 9.11 meant for civil liberties in the US? how will survivors react over the long run? and how do we conceptualize panic and mass response?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 9 mm
Vikt:387 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9780762310432

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Recensioner i media

"It is a noteworthy contribution to the growing literature on the implications of the new era of terrorism, and in this regard should be included in the libraries of analysts and student of the New Terrorism." -INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH (2005)

Innehållsförteckning

9.11 as disaster: on worst cases, terrorism, and catastrophe (L. Clarke). A civil defense against terror (O. Rodriguez). Empire of fear: imagined community and the September 11 attacks (A. Larabee). Disaster beliefs and institutional interests: recycling disaster myths in the aftermath of 9-11 (K. Tierney). The fox and the hedgehog: myopia about homeland vulnerability in US policies on terrorism (J.K. Mitchell). Terrorism as disaster: selected commonalities and long-term recovery for 9/11 survivors (B. Marshall et al.). Reconsidering convergence and converger legitimacy in response to the World Trade Center disaster (J. Kendra, T. Wachtendorf). Conceptualizing responses to extreme events: the problem of panic and failing gracefully (L. Clarke).