Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events by Rutherford H. Platt

Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events

Rutherford H. Platt

344 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced

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In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters" has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disa...

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