Disaster and Politics of Intervention

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-231-14697-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 206 mm, Gewicht: 217 g

Reihe: A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)

Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster. Through measures such as disaster relief, infrastructure development, and environmental regulation, public policy is central to making societies more resilient. However, the recent drive to replace public institutions with market mechanisms has challenged governmental efforts to manage collective risk. The contributors to this volume analyze the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the management of catastrophic risk, addressing questions such as: How should homeland security officials evaluate the risk posed by terrorist attacks and natural disasters? Are market-based interventions likely to mitigate our vulnerability to the effects of climate change? What is the appropriate relationship between non-governmental organizations and private security firms in responding to humanitarian emergencies? And how can philanthropic efforts to combat the AIDS crisis ensure ongoing access to life-saving drugs in the developing world? More generally, these essays point to the way thoughtful policy intervention can improve our capacity to withstand catastrophic events.

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Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment InsecurityEdited by Katherine S. Newman

Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of RiskEdited by Mitchell A. Orenstein

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lakoff, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapters include: Andrew Lakoff, "Introduction;" Sheila Jasanoff, "Beyond Calculation: A Democratic Response to Risk;" Patrick S. Roberts, "Private Choices, Public Harms: The Evolution of National Disaster Organizations in the United States;" P.W. Singer, "Strange Brew: Private Military Contractors and Humanitarians;" Heinz Klug, "Risking Health: HIV/AIDS and the Problem of Access to Essential Medicines;" Donald MacKenzie, "Constructing Carbon Markets: Learning from Experiments in the Technopolitics of Emissions Trading Schemes"

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Lakoff is associate professor of anthropology, sociology and communication at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry, and coeditor, with Stephen J. Collier, of Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health and Security in Question. His current research concerns the intersection between global health and national security in the development of approaches to new biological and environmental threats.