Catastrophe : law, politics, and the humanitarian impulse / edited by Austin Sarat and Javier Lezaun

Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: vii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Sarat, Austin and Lezaun, Javier

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Crisis and catastrophe in science, law, and politics : mapping the terrain / Peter H. Schuck -- The real third rail of American politics / Michele Landis Dauber -- New Orleans everywhere : bureaucratic accountability and housing policy after Katrina / Susan M. Sterett -- Emergency management and the courts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina / Thomas A. Birkland -- Environmental right-to-know and the transmutations of law / Kim Fortun -- Reintegration, or, The explosive remnants of war / Peter Redfield, Edward B. Rackley.

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9781558497382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1558497382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781558497375 (library cloth : alk. paper)
1558497374 (library cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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