Disasters and democracy
Subtitle: the politics of extreme natural events
By: Rutherford H. Platt with contributions by Miriam Gradie Anderson ... [et al.].
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Disaster relief -- Political aspects -- United States; Disaster relief -- Law and legislation -- United States; Natural disasters -- Government policy -- United States; Natural disasters -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters' has sky-rocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the cost of disasters helping to lighten the overal burden of disasters, or is it making matters worse? Disasters and Democracy addresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing on the changing role of the federal government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-308) and index.