| Negotiating Disasters: Politics, Representation, Meanings Contributor(s): Luig, Ute (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631610963 ISBN-13: 9783631610961 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $91.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 363.34 |
| Physical Information: 326 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A wide spectrum of events are covered ranging from floods, the tsunami of 2004, earthquakes and landslides to such long-term processes as the decline of pastures or coastlines. The diversity of the case studies opens up questions on method and the conceptualization of terms. Many authors, among them anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and cultural psychologists engage in definition of crisis, disaster and catastrophe in order to differentiate emic and etic perceptions. They discuss topics like the politics of disaster, developments of boom economies, memory, rituals of mourning and culture change to name but a few. Concepts like risk, vulnerability and resilience are given ample theoretical consideration and are linked to local meanings and interpretation. This book reflects earlier research results and compares them with new theoretical and empirical findings. |
