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new answers to old questions

Ronald W. Perry, E.L. Quarantelli, editors.

Xlibris

c2005

442 p. ill. 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-442). , An interpretation of disaster in terms of changes in culture, society and international relations / David Alexander -- Are we asking the right question? / Susan L. Cutter -- Disaster: a "reality" or construct? perspective from the "east" / Rohit Jigyasu -- Whatʹs a word? opening up the debate / Neil R. Britton -- Not every move is a step forward: a critique of David Alexander, Susan L. Cutter, Rohit Jigyasu and Neil Britton / Wolf R. Dombrowsky -- The meaning of disaster: a reply to Wolf Dombrowsky / David Alexander -- Pragmatism and relevance: a response to Wolf R. Dombrowsky / Susan L. Cutter -- Defining the definition for addressing the "reality" / Rohit Jigyasu -- Dog or demon? / Neil R. Britton -- Disaster and collective stress / Allen H. Barton -- From crisis to disaster: towards an integrative perspective / Arjen Boin -- Disaster: mandated definitions, local knowledge and complexity / Philip Buckle -- In the eyes of the beholder? making sense of the system(s) of disaster(s) / Denis Smith -- Disaster, crisis, collective stress, and mass deprivation / Robert Stallings -- A response to Robert Stallings: ideal type concepts and generalized analytic theory / Allen H. Barton -- Back to nature? a reply to Stallings / Arjen Boin -- Response to Robert Stallings / Philip Buckle -- Through a glass darkly: a response to Stallings / Denis Smith -- Disasters, definitions and theory construction / Ronald W. Perry -- A social science research agenda for the disasters of the 21st century: theoretical, methodological and empirical issues and their professional implementation / E.L. (Henry) Quarantelli.

Perry, Ronald W. , Quarantelli, E. L.

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