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020			_a9781139198875 (ebook)
020			_z9781107025868 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHV555.U6 _bR625 2013
082	0	0	_a363.34/70973 _223
100	1		_aRoberts, Patrick S., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDisasters and the American State : _bHow Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Public Prepare for the Unexpected / _cPatrick S. Roberts.
246	3		_aDisasters & the American State
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (236 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDisasters and the American State offers a thesis about the trajectory of federal government involvement in preparing for disaster shaped by contingent events. Politicians and bureaucrats claim credit for the government's successes in preparing for and responding to disaster, and they are also blamed for failures outside of government's control. New interventions have created precedents and established organizations and administrative cultures that accumulated over time and produced a general trend in which citizens, politicians and bureaucrats expect the government to provide more security from more kinds of disasters. The trend reached its peak when the Federal Emergency Management Agency adopted the idea of preparing for 'all hazards' as its mantra. Despite the rhetoric, however, the federal government's increasingly bold claims and heightened public expectations are disproportionate to the ability of the federal government to prevent or reduce the damage caused by disaster.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107025868
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139198875
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37165 _d37165