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The Government of Emergency
Stephen J. CollierAndrew Lakoff
其他書名
Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security
出版Princeton University Press, 2021-11-30
主題Political Science / Security (National & International)Political Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social PolicyScience / HistorySocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief
ISBN06911992809780691199283
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RPQ4EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"In the middle decades of the twentieth century, in the wake of economic depression, war, and in the midst of the Cold War, an array of technical experts and government officials developed a substantial body of expertise to contain and manage the disruptions to American society caused by unprecedented threats. Today the tools invented by these mid-twentieth century administrative reformers are largely taken for granted, assimilated into the everyday workings of government. As Stephen Collier and Andrew Lakoff argue in this book, the American government's current practices of disaster management can be traced back to this era. Collier and Lakoff argue that an understanding of the history of this initial formation of the "emergency state" is essential to an appreciation of the distinctive ways that the U.S. government deals with crises and emergencies-or fails to deal with them-today. This book focuses on historical episodes in emergency or disaster planning and management. Some of these episodes are well-known and have often been studied, while others are little-remembered today. The significance of these planners and managers is not that they were responsible for momentous technical innovations or that all their schemes were realized successfully. Their true significance lies in the fact that they formulated a way of understanding and governing emergencies that has come to be taken for granted"--