Richard Sylves provides needed context and contemporary coverage of the disaster management and homeland security field. Paying special attention to the role of key actors—decision makers at the federal, state and local levels, scientists, engineers, civil and military personnel, officials and first responders—the author explores how social science research can be usefully applied to policy development and every day practice. The book’s “all-hazards” comprehensive approach introduces students to the importance of public policy analysis, organizational management, and leadership issues they will need a command of as future practitioners and leaders in the field. New to the Edition: A new chapter on 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Fund sheds light on contemporary recovery assistance: are the new protocols for recovery effective? What lessons can be learned from recent disaster relief assistance efforts? New coverage of public management theory, complexity and network theories, and emerging approaches to disaster recovery. A look at how policy and practice at all levels are adapting to emerging threats like cyber terrorism and the increased capacity of civil authorities to respond. Updates tie recent international and domestic events to approaches to disaster management, from the Fukushima nuclear disaster to the Boston Marathon bombings to the tornadoes that destroyed Moore, OK. INDICE: 1. Disaster Management in the United States Emergency Management as a Profession Disasters as a Field of Scientific Research Presidential Disaster Declarations Fundamental Challenges of Emergency Management Phases of Emergency Management2. Disaster Management and Theories of Public Management Normative Political Theories The Role of Theory in Emergency Management Toward a Theory of Diaster Recovery Knowledge Codification and Knowledge Diffusion Issues3. Historical Trends in Disaster Management The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense Nationwide Emergency Management The Birth of FEMA Disaster Declarations Issues Civil Defense Again, and Changes in FEMA All-Hazards Management Terrorism Remakes Disaster Management Homeland Security Presidential Directive4. Understanding Disaster Policy Through Presidential Disaster Declarations The President's Constitutional Emergency Powers Federal Disaster Relief Legislation and Declaration Authority Presidential Discretionary Power Facilitating the President's Work FEMA's Role in the Declaration Process Presidents and Distributive Politics5. The Role of Scientists and Engineers Researching Hazards and Disasters Disaster Researchers Compete for Government Funding Social Sciences and Emergency Management The Science Informing the Policy and Politics of Disasters Case Studies of Science and Engineering Applied to Disaster Engineering and Public Infrastructure Policy6. Intergovernmental Relations in Disaster Policy Intergovermental Program Management The National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System Intergovernmental Disaster Management Challenges Government Conractors and Disaster Management7. Civil-Military Relations and National Security Presidents, the U.S. Military, and Posse Comitatus Militarization of Disaster Policy Homeland Security Terrorism Programs Homeland Security Grants and Their Effects at the Local Level8. Globalization of Disasters The U.S. Response System for Territories and Foreign States Emergency Managementin Other Nations The United Nations and International Disaster Relief U.S. Domestic Relief versus the U.S. International Relief System9. Recovery Assistance: 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund versus Conventional Relief The Conventional Model of Disaster Relief The 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund Compensating Victims of Terrorism before 9/11 Was the Master Model Successful in the 9/11 Case? The Master Model an the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Summary of the Models Pros and Cons of the Master and Master Model10. Conclusions and the Future Special Issues The Big Questions
- ISBN: 978-1-4833-0781-7
- Editorial: CQ Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 31/10/2014
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