{"product_id":"contextualizing-disaster-9781785333194","title":"Contextualizing Disaster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eContextualizing Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comparative analysis of six recent \"highly visible\" disasters and several slow-burning, \"hidden,\" crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eContextualizing Disaster\u003cem\u003e, edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller, makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the social construction of disasters by contextualizing them in novel and diverse ways… The eight book chapters offer new and innovative analysis of recent disasters that to varying degrees are all translocal, and each chapter is carried by its own “narrative.”… The book is providing fresh impetus not only for disaster scholars but also for DRR institutions and media.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book presents a vivid picture of extreme events and how different parties involved in the recovery process contextualize them.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Arthur D. Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of North Carolina at Greensboro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book will be read and read again. I intend to use it in my course, 'Disaster, Self, and Society,' and I suspect others, both sociologists and anthropologists, will assign it to their respective classes. Moreover, it will be read by scholars, enriching their understanding of mayhem. Well done.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Steve Kroll-Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of North Carolina at Greensboro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGregory V. Button and Mark Schuller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Poison Runs Through It: The Elk River Chemical Spill in West Virginia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGregory V. Button and Erin R. Eldridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eWhethering the Storm: The Twin Natures of Typhoons Haiyan and Yolanda\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGreg Bankoff and George Emmanuel Borrinaga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e “The Tremors Felt Round the World”: Haiti’s Earthquake as Global Imagined Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMark Schuller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Contested Narratives: Challenging the State’s Neoliberal Authority in the Aftermath of the Chilean Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNia Parson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Decentralizing Disasters: Civic Engagement and Stalled Reconstruction after Japan’s 3\/11\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBridget Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Expert Knowledge and the Ethnography of Disaster Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRoberto E. Barrios\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e “We Are Always Getting Ready”: How Diverse Notions of Time and Flexibility Build Adaptive Capacity in Alaska and Tuvalu\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElizabeth Marino and Heather Lazrus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tempests, Green Teas, and the Right to Relocate: The Political Ecology of Superstorm Sandy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMelissa Checker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042387198295,"sku":"9781785333194","price":15.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785333194.jpg?v=1750954007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contextualizing-disaster-9781785333194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}