Stress testing the USA : public policy and reaction to disaster events

Title
  1. Stress testing the USA : public policy and reaction to disaster events / John Rennie Short.
Published by
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Supplementary content
  1. Cover image
Author
  1. Short, John R.

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Description
  1. 203 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "The book provides detailed account of four major disasters that befell the USA in the first decade of the twenty first century: the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans, financial meltdown and the Gulf oil spill. It provides a compelling narrative of each event that summarizes the main findings but also shows the connections and ultimately the deep stresses that fracture contemporary USA. The text is very accessible to the general reader. The book will illuminate these wider and deeper structural flaws and make some general policy suggestions. In summary, it is guide to what ails the USA and what needs to be done to fix it"--
Subject
  1. Disasters > Social aspects > United States
  2. United States > Social conditions > 21st century
  3. Crises > Social aspects > United States
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- 2. The War on Terror and the Invasion of Iraq -- 3. Neoliberalism: Another Big Picture -- 4. Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans -- 5. The Financial Crisis -- 6. The Gulf Oil Spill -- 7. The United States: A System Under Stress.
Call number
  1. JFD 13-4418
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.
Author
  1. Short, John R., author.
Title
  1. Stress testing the USA : public policy and reaction to disaster events / John Rennie Short.
Publisher
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.
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  1. Cover image
LCCN
  1. 2012046076
ISBN
  1. 9781137327222 (hardback)
  2. 1137327227 (hardback)
Research call number
  1. JFD 13-4418
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