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5 produkter
Mission Improbable
Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster
Av Lee Clarke
Häftad, 2001
350 kr
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This text examines actual attempts to "prepare" for catastrophes and finds that the policies adopted by corporations and government agencies are fundamentally rhetorical: the plans have no chance to succeed, yet they serve both the organizations and the public as symbols of control, order and …
Worst Cases
Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
Av Lee Clarke
Häftad, 2021
196 kr
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Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A single freight car of chlorine derails on the …
Acceptable Risk?
Making Decisions in a Toxic Environment
Av Lee Clarke
Häftad, 1991
371 kr
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Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, …
Terrorism and Disaster
New Threats, New Ideas
Av Lee Clarke, William R. Freudenburg
Inbunden, 2003
1884 kr
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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 …
Cambridge HSC Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
Av Gareth Hawgood, Andrew Ponsen m. fl.
2014
821 kr
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Created by experienced sport and health professionals to provide superior exam preparation and support, Cambridge Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education covers core and optional topics from a range of perspectives. Providing a solid foundation in health and physical education studies …
