Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)

As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided?

After WWII, Europe was awash in refugees.

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The first comprehensive examination of the relationship between war and public health, this book documents the public health consequences of war and describes what health professionals can do to minimize these consequences and even help prevent war altogether.

Natural and man-made disasters--earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, industrial crises, and many others--have claimed more than 3 million lives during the past 20 years, adversely affected the lives of at least 800 million people, and caused more than 50 billion dollars in property damages.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

Since September 11th, the threat of a bioterrorist attack--massive, lethal, and unpreventable--has hung in the air over America.

In New England, 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer.

Disasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of the event, magnitude of the event, lack of evidence-based practices, and the limited usefulness of many developed protocols.

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "e;world's greatest humanitarian crisis.

In 1871, the city of Chicago was almost entirely destroyed by what became known as The Great Fire.

Today, one in every three Americans will be affected by trauma, and the most vulnerable among these victims are children.

In the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters.

In the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters.

How universal are our moral obligations?

In 1983 three priests--among them Irishman Niall O'Brien --together with six lay leaders were arrested in the Philippines on a false charge of murder.

Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic.

The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West.

In China, a nation where the worlds of politics and art are closely linked, Western classical music was considered during the cultural revolution to be an imperialist intrusion, in direct conflict with the native aesthetic.

In this book, Blustein presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human "e;care"e; in its various guises: concern for and commitment to individuals, ideals, and causes.

Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity, and in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow.

In the examination of the conception of human nature, a duality is commonly perceived--the liberal self as atomistic, self-contained, even selfish; and the communitarian self as socially situated and defined through its environment.

Focusing on the region of the Arab world--comprising some two hundred million people and twenty-one sovereign states extending from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf--this book develops a theory of social change that demystifies the setbacks this region has experienced on the road to transformation.

Called the greatest storms on the planet, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean often cause tremendous social and economic upheaval in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated.

In law, as elsewhere, the ordinary is overshadowed in the popular and academic literature by the dramatic and sensational.

The COVID-19 coronavirus was unanticipated, unwelcome, and unsettling in its far-reaching destruction of life, lifestyles, and the U.

This novel, transdisciplinary work explains how perturbations (defined as strong disturbances or deviations to a system) can affect the population dynamics of social animals, including ourselves.

Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedy to Deliberative Action investigates how democratic politics can unfold in creative and unexpected of ways even at the most trying of times.

Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedy to Deliberative Action investigates how democratic politics can unfold in creative and unexpected of ways even at the most trying of times.

A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale.

The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science.

A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale.

Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns.

The Nazi regime was a regime of unparalleled destructiveness.

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The main focus of this book is on the causation of starvation in general and of famines in particular.

The Nazi regime was a regime of unparalleled destructiveness.

This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods.

This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods.

Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery.

Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery.

How universal are our moral obligations?

Between Sanity and Madness: Mental Illness from Ancient Greece to the Neuroscientific Era examines several perennial issues about mental illness: how different societies have distinguished mental disorders from normality; whether mental illnesses are similar to or different from organic conditions; and the ways in which different eras conceive of the causes of mental disorder.

Between Sanity and Madness: Mental Illness from Ancient Greece to the Neuroscientific Era examines several perennial issues about mental illness: how different societies have distinguished mental disorders from normality; whether mental illnesses are similar to or different from organic conditions; and the ways in which different eras conceive of the causes of mental disorder.

What will the ethnic, racial and cultural face of the United States look like in the upcoming decades, and how will the American population adapt to these changes?

What will the ethnic, racial and cultural face of the United States look like in the upcoming decades, and how will the American population adapt to these changes?

Introduction to International Disaster Management, Fourth Edition, offers an unbiased, global perspective for students and practitioners alike.