State Repression in Post-Disaster Societies

by Clair Apodaca

A natural hazard is a physical event but a disaster is a social and political phenomenon. Natural hazards are, for the most part, unavoidable and apolitical. However, they carry with them serious political, economic, and social consequences. Disasters also have adverse consequences on human rights standards. An understanding of the relationship between disasters and human rights outcomes requires knowledge of how disasters increase grievance and frustration,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138286087
• ISBN13: 9781138286085
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"