Disaster management in China in a changing era [electronic resource] / Yi Kang.
2014
HV555.C6
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Title
Disaster management in China in a changing era [electronic resource] / Yi Kang.
Author
Kang, Yi, author.
ISBN
9783662445167 electronic book
3662445166 electronic book
9783662445150
3662445166 electronic book
9783662445150
Published
Heidelberg : Springer, [2014]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 126 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-662-44516-7 doi
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HV555.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.34/8068
Summary
This book shows how Chinese officials have responded to popular and international pressure, while at the same time seeking to preserve their own careers, in the context of disaster management. Using the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as a case study, it illustrates how authoritarian regimes are creating new governance mechanisms in response to the changing global environment and what challenges they are confronted with in the process. The book examines both the immediate and long-term effects of a major disaster on Chinaℓ́ℓs policy, institutions, and governing practices, and seeks to explain which factors lead to hasty and poorly conceived reconstruction efforts, which in turn reproduce the very same conditions of vulnerability or expose communities to new risks. In short, it tells a ℓ́ℓpoliticalℓ́ℓ story of how intra-governmental interactions, state-society relations, and international engagement can shape the processes and outcomes of recovery and reconstruction.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 15, 2014).
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SpringerBriefs in political science.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Non-democracies in a Changing Era
Chapter 2 Evolvement of Disaster Management Practices in China
Chapter 3 Agency Problems in Disaster Response
Chapter 4 Post-disaster Changes in Local Governance and Chances for Non-state Sector Development
Chapter 5 A Note on Generality, Variation, and Implications
Appendix: Notes on Fieldwork and Data Collection.
Chapter 2 Evolvement of Disaster Management Practices in China
Chapter 3 Agency Problems in Disaster Response
Chapter 4 Post-disaster Changes in Local Governance and Chances for Non-state Sector Development
Chapter 5 A Note on Generality, Variation, and Implications
Appendix: Notes on Fieldwork and Data Collection.