TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Scott D.,author
TI  - International order and the politics of disaster
SN  - 9780429259272
AV  - HV551.2 .W373 2020
U1  - 363.34/8 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Humanitarian assistance
KW  - International organization
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: The Ideological Foundations of International Order; SECTION 1: International Disaster Management Regimes; 3: The International Disaster Relief Regime; 4: Disaster Risk Reduction; 5: Disaster Displacement and Migration; SECTION 2: Disaster Diplomacy and Relief in Practice; 6: The United States and Hurricane Katrina; 7: Egypt and the Cairo Earthquake; 8: China and Change in the International Order; Conclusion; Index
N2  - "In this indispensable and comprehensive text, Scott D. Watson critically examines the current understanding of international order that underpins international disaster management and disaster diplomacy. Based on empirical analysis of the three international 'disaster management regimes' (disaster relief, disaster risk reduction, and disaster migration) and case studies of disaster diplomacy in the United States, Egypt and China, Watson argues that international disaster management and disaster diplomacy are not simply efforts to reduce the impact of disasters or to manage bilateral relations, but to reinforce key beliefs about the larger international order. Challenging the conventional understandings of disasters as natural, as an exogenous shock, or as an unintended and accidental outcome of the current order, this text shows how the ideological foundations of the current heterogenous international order produce recurrent disasters. International Order and the Politics of Disaster will be a vital source for undergraduate or graduate students interested in international responses to disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies, forced migration and displacement, as well as climate change and development"--
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