Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster

by Lee Clarke

Book Overview

How does the government or a business plan for an unimaginable disaster-a meltdown at a nuclear power plant, a gigantic oil spill, or a nuclear attack? Lee Clarke examines actual attempts to "prepare" for these catastrophes and finds that the policies adopted by corporations and government agencies are fundamentally rhetorical: the plans have no chance to succeed, yet they serve both the organizations and the public as symbols of control, order, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226109429
• ISBN13: 9780226109428
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"