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OverviewMurphy explores whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster. As the extreme weather in the ice storm may foreshadow what will occur with global warming, Leadership in Disaster also explores the politics, economics, ethics, and cultural predispositions involved in climate change, investigating how modern societies create both the risks they assume are acceptable and the burden of managing them. An innovative comparison with Amish communities, where the same extreme weather had trivial consequences, is instructive for avoiding future socio-economic catastrophes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond Murphy , Raymond MurphyPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.880kg ISBN: 9780773535244ISBN 10: 0773535241 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 01 April 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Interviews with key decision makers should mean this reaches a number of lay-people as well as journalists. Leadership in Disaster is beautifully written and deserving of a wide readership."" Peter Dickens, University of Cambridge" Interviews with key decision makers should mean this reaches a number of lay-people as well as journalists. Leadership in Disaster is beautifully written and deserving of a wide readership. Peter Dickens, University of Cambridge Author InformationRaymond Murphy is emeritus professor of sociology, University of Ottawa, president of the Environment and Society Research Committee of the International Sociological Association, and the author of numerous books, including Social Closure and Rationality Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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