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A timely and necessary look into how we think about the unthinkable, Worst Cases will be must reading for anyone attuned to our current climate of threat and fear.

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"The practical need for improvisation at all levels of societal response is unquestionable, particularly for major disasters, and Clarke's book provides a stimulus for the basic and applied studies that are needed."-- "American Journal of Sociology"

Table of Contents
Preface 1 Worst Cases: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid 2 The Sky Could Be Falling: Globally Relevant Disasters and the Perils of Probabilism 3 What's the Worst That Can Happen? 4 Power, Politics, and Panic in Worst Cases 5 Silver Linings: The Good from the Worst 6 Living and Dying in Worst Case Worlds Notes Index

Worst Cases Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9780226790107, 978-0226790107
      ISBN10: 022679010X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A timely and necessary look into how we think about the unthinkable, Worst Cases will be must reading for anyone attuned to our current climate of threat and fear.

      Trade Review
      "The practical need for improvisation at all levels of societal response is unquestionable, particularly for major disasters, and Clarke's book provides a stimulus for the basic and applied studies that are needed."-- "American Journal of Sociology"

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1 Worst Cases: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid 2 The Sky Could Be Falling: Globally Relevant Disasters and the Perils of Probabilism 3 What's the Worst That Can Happen? 4 Power, Politics, and Panic in Worst Cases 5 Silver Linings: The Good from the Worst 6 Living and Dying in Worst Case Worlds Notes Index

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