Chaos Organization and Disaster Management

Name: Chaos Organization and Disaster Management
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ISBN: 9780824747152

ISBN-10: 0824747151

ISBN-13: 9780824747152

Edition: 2003

Authors: Alan Kirschenbaum

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Focusing on a national field study of the Israeli experience at the time of the Gulf War, this text analyzes the factors that negatively impact formal disaster organization efficacy and proposes an innovative model of disaster management centering on privatization.

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/18/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



The Official Organizing of Chaos



Creating Disasters



Preparing for the Worst



Are Disaster Agencies Effective?



The Other Side--Victims Perspective



The Power of Tradition



The Odds of Being a Victim



The Mother Hen Effect



Alternative Organizational Forms



Disaster Communities as Survival Mechanisms



Privatizing Disaster Management


References


Index