Flirting With Disaster

by Schneider, Saundra K.

• ISBN13: 9781563245701
• ISBN10: 1563245701
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Analytical and Theoretical Frameworks	p. 1
The Varied Success of the Governmental Response to Natural Disasters	p. 3
Notes	p. 8
Natural Disasters as Public Policy Issues	p. 9
Notes	p. 27
The Governmental Response System	p. 28
Note	p. 39
Human Behavior and Governmental Activity in Disasters: Two Sets of Norms	p. 40
Notes	p. 54
The Gap Between Bureaucratic and Emergent Norms	p. 55
Notes	p. 72
Case Studies of Natural Disasters	p. 73
A General Framework for Examining the Success or Failure of the Governmental Response to Natural Disasters	p. 75
Notes	p. 79
Hurricane Hugo in the Caribbean Islands	p. 80
Notes	p. 86
Hurricane Andrew in South Florida	p. 87
Notes	p. 101
South Carolina's Experience with Hurricane Hugo	p. 102
Notes	p. 112
The Loma Prieta Earthquake in California	p. 113
Notes	p. 121
Hurricane Hugo in North Carolina	p. 122
Notes	p. 126
Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana	p. 127
Notes	p. 133
"Normal" Disasters: 1990 Floods in South Carolina	p. 134
Notes	p. 140
Summary, Implications, and Conclusions	p. 141
The Paradox of Governmental Performance	p. 143
Notes	p. 149
Considering Recommendations for Change	p. 150
Notes	p. 165
References	p. 167
Index	p. 183
About the Author	p. 189
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