| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Scott D. Watson is associate professor of International Relations and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (2006) and is the author of The Securitisation of Humanitarian Migration (Routledge, 2009) |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019) |
| Subject |
Emergency management -- International cooperation
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Humanitarian assistance -- International cooperation
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International organization.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
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Emergency management -- International cooperation
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International organization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019981575 |
| ISBN |
9780429259272 |
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0429259271 |
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9780429521492 |
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0429521499 |
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9780429549663 |
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0429549660 |
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9780429534966 |
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0429534965 |
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