ISBN:
9783662445167
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 126 p. 13 illus., 8 illus. in color, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Political Science
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Kang, Yi, 1965 - Disaster management in China in a changing era
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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China
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Katastrophe
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Politik
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Management
Abstract:
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 China’s 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 “political” story of how intra-governmental interactions, state-society relations, and international engagement can shape the processes and outcomes of recovery and reconstruction
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction: Non-democracies in a Changing EraChapter 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-44516-7
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