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" What is a disaster? : "
Ronald W. Perry, E.L. Quarantelli, editors.
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BL
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1021252
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b775622
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What is a disaster? : : new answers to old questions /\ Ronald W. Perry, E.L. Quarantelli, editors.
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[Philadelphia, Pa.] :: Xlibris,, ©2005.
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442 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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1413479855
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: 1413479863
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: 9781413479850
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: 9781413479867
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-442).
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| Contents
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An interpretation of disaster in terms of changes in culture, society and international relations / David Alexander -- Are we asking the right question? / Susan L. Cutter -- Disaster: a "reality" or construct? perspective from the "east" / Rohit Jigyasu -- What's a word? opening up the debate / Neil R. Britton -- Not every move is a step forward: a critique of David Alexander, Susan L. Cutter, Rohit Jigyasu and Neil Britton / Wolf R. Dombrowsky -- The meaning of disaster: a reply to Wolf Dombrowsky / David Alexander -- Pragmatism and relevance: a response to Wolf R. Dombrowsky / Susan L. Cutter -- Defining the definition for addressing the "reality" / Rohit Jigyasu -- Dog or demon? / Neil R. Britton -- Disaster and collective stress / Allen H. Barton -- From crisis to disaster: towards an integrative perspective / Arjen Boin -- Disaster: mandated definitions, local knowledge and complexity / Philip Buckle -- In the eyes of the beholder? making sense of the system(s) of disaster(s) / Denis Smith -- Disaster, crisis, collective stress, and mass deprivation / Robert Stallings -- A response to Robert Stallings: ideal type concepts and generalized analytic theory / Allen H. Barton -- Back to nature? a reply to Stallings / Arjen Boin -- Response to Robert Stallings / Philip Buckle -- Through a glass darkly: a response to Stallings / Denis Smith -- Disasters, definitions and theory construction / Ronald W. Perry -- A social science research agenda for the disasters of the 21st century: theoretical, methodological and empirical issues and their professional implementation / E.L. (Henry) Quarantelli.
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Disasters-- Social aspects.
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Disasters.
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70.10 multidisciplinary fields of interest in the social sciences.
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Disasters-- Social aspects.
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Disasters.
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Katastrophe
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Rampen.
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363.34
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HV553.W46 2005
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70.10bcl
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Perry, Ronald W.
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Quarantelli, E. L., (Enrico Louis),1924-2017.
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