Disaster and the Politics of Intervention (A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk))
Disaster, from the climate and the hands of man, may well be the problem of the twenty-first century. This brilliant volume introduces new and important ways to think about catastrophe, politics, and risk. It is required reading, not just for social scientists who study crises, but for anyone who cares about preventing them as well.(Eric Klinenberg, New York University, author ofHeat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in ChicagoandFighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media)