Lessons of disaster : (Record no. 329)
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| fixed length control field | 03346cam a22002894a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 1589011201 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Terms of availability | Tzs 71,000/= |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781589011205 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 158901121X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781589011212 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MUL |
| Language of cataloging | eng. |
| Description conventions | AACR |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.345610973 BIR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Birkland, Thomas A. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lessons of disaster : |
| Sub Title | policy change after catastrophic events / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Thomas A. Birkland. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher | Georgetown University Press, |
| Year of publication | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 216 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index. |
| 505 0# - Formatted Contents | |
| Formatted contents note | September 11, learning, and policy change -- Learning from aviation security disasters -- Learning from earthquakes and hurricanes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Even before the wreckage of a disaster is cleared, one question is foremost in the minds of the public: "What can be done to prevent this from happening again?" Today, news media and policymakers often invoke the "lessons of September 11" and the "lessons of Hurricane Katrina." Certainly, these unexpected events heightened awareness about problems that might have contributed to or worsened the disasters, particularly about gaps in preparation. Inquiries and investigations are made that claim that "lessons" were "learned" from a disaster, leading us to assume that we will be more ready the next time a similar threat looms, and that our government will put in place measures to protect us. In Lessons of Disaster, Thomas Birkland takes a critical look at this assumption. We know that disasters play a role in setting policy agendas—in getting policymakers to think about problems—but does our government always take the next step and enact new legislation or regulations? To determine when and how a catastrophic event serves as a catalyst for true policy change, the author examines four categories of disasters: aviation security, homeland security, earthquakes, and hurricanes. He explores lessons learned from each, focusing on three types of policy change: change in the larger social construction of the issues surrounding the disaster; instrumental change, in which laws and regulations are made; and political change, in which alliances are created and shifted. Birkland argues that the type of disaster affects the types of lessons learned from it, and that certain conditions are necessary to translate awareness into new policy, including media attention, salience for a large portion of the public, the existence of advocacy groups for the issue, and the preexistence of policy ideas that can be drawn upon. This timely study concludes with a discussion of the interplay of multiple disasters, focusing on the initial government response to Hurricane Katrina and the negative effect the September 11 catastrophe seems to have had on reaction to that tragedy |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political planning |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Policy sciences. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Emergency management |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Case studies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Disaster relief |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Case studies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Natural disasters |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Case studies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Aeronautics |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Case studies. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003282.html |
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| Item type | Book |
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| Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | 02/14/2022 | Elite Book Store | 363.345610973 BIR | 0085235 | 1 | 08/31/2022 | Book | ||||
| Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | 02/14/2022 | Elite Book Store | 363.345610973 BIR | 0085236 | 2 | 08/31/2022 | Book | ||||
| Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | Mzumbe University Main Campus Library | 02/14/2022 | Elite Book Store | 363.345610973 BIR | 0085237 | 3 | 08/31/2022 | Book |