The Politics of Disaster Management in China: Institutions, Interest Groups, and Social Participation

by Gang Chen

Book Overview

In China's 4,000-year-long history and modern development, natural disaster management has been about not only human combat against devastating natural forces, but also institutional building, political struggle, and economic interest redistribution among different institutional players. A significant payoff for social scientists studying disasters is that they can reveal much of the hidden nature of political and economic processes and structures,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349718009
• ISBN13: 9781349718009
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"