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THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF RISK
PRODUCING DISASTERS, PROMOTING RESILIENCE |
| By: |
Kathleen Tierney |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£132.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804772630 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804772631 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
23 July, 2014 |
| Series: |
High Reliability and Crisis Management |
| Pages: |
317 |
| Description: |
Rather than acts of God or random acts of nature, The Social Roots of Risk argues that hazards, disasters, and crises of all sorts are produced by the social order itself?that the routine activities of institutions, organizations, and groups invite risk into our lives and put us in harms way. |
| Synopsis: |
The first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types?be they natural, technological, or economic?are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself?by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events?from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP's accident history prior to the 2010 blowout?Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns.Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis?and what we can do to prevent it. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press |
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