Negotiating Disasters: Politics, Representation, Meanings
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631610963
ISBN-13
9783631610961
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 6th, 2012
Print length
326 Pages
Weight
458 grams
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21.20 x 14.90 x 2.00 cms
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Cultural studiesSociologyGeography
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Covers a spectrum of events ranging from floods, the tsunami of 2004, earthquakes and landslides to such long-term processes as the decline of pastures or coastlines. In this title, the authors engage in definition of crisis, disaster and catastrophe in order to differentiate emic and etic perceptions.
A wide spectrum of events are covered ranging from floods, the tsunami of 2004, earthquakes and landslides to such long-term processes as the decline of pastures or coastlines. The diversity of the case studies opens up questions on method and the conceptualization of terms. Many authors, among them anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and cultural psychologists engage in definition of crisis, disaster and catastrophe in order to differentiate emic and etic perceptions. They discuss topics like the politics of disaster, developments of boom economies, memory, rituals of mourning and culture change to name but a few. Concepts like risk, vulnerability and resilience are given ample theoretical consideration and are linked to local meanings and interpretation. This book reflects earlier research results and compares them with new theoretical and empirical findings.
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