Disasters and Democracy

The Politics Of Extreme Natural Events

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Meteorology, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
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Author: Rutherford H. Platt ISBN: 9781610912631
Publisher: Island Press Publication: May 1, 1999
Imprint: Island Press Language: English
Author: Rutherford H. Platt
ISBN: 9781610912631
Publisher: Island Press
Publication: May 1, 1999
Imprint: Island Press
Language: English

In recyears, 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 disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remove incentives for individuals and local communities to take measures to protect themselves? Are people more likely to invest in property in hazardous locations in the belief that, if worse comes to worst, the federal governmwill bail them out?.*Disasters and Democracy* addresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing specifically on the changing role of the federal governmfrom distant observer to immediate responder and principal financier of disaster costs.

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In recyears, 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 disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disasters or is it making matters worse? Does it remove incentives for individuals and local communities to take measures to protect themselves? Are people more likely to invest in property in hazardous locations in the belief that, if worse comes to worst, the federal governmwill bail them out?.*Disasters and Democracy* addresses the political response to natural disasters, focusing specifically on the changing role of the federal governmfrom distant observer to immediate responder and principal financier of disaster costs.

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