Description
The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrophic that have occurred in recent years raises a lot of questions about where and why they happened. Understanding the history of emergency management policies and practice is important to an understanding of current and future policies and practice.
Continuing in the footsteps of its popular predecessors, the new edition of Emergency Management: The American Experience provides the background to understand the key political and policy underpinnings of emergency management, exploring how major “focusing events” have shaped the field of emergency management. This edition builds on the original theoretical framework and chronological approach of previous editions, while enhancing the discussions through the addition of fresh information about the effects and outcomes of older events, such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. The final chapters offer insightful discussion of the public administration concepts of emergency management in the U.S. and of the evolving federal role in emergency management.
Like its predecessors, the third edition of Emergency Management is a trusted and required text to understand the formation and continuing improvement of the American national emergency management system.
Table of Contents
Preface
Claire B. Rubin
1. Introduction: 110 Years of Disaster Response and Emergency Management in the United States
Claire B. Rubin
2. Focusing Events in the Early Twentieth Century: A Hurricane, Two Earthquakes, and a Pandemic
David Butler
3. The Expanding Role of the Federal Government: 1927–1950
David Butler
4. The Formative Years: 1950–1978
Keith A. Bea
5. Federal Emergency Management Comes of Age: 1979–2001
Richard T. Sylves
6. Emergency Management Restructured: Intended and Unintended Outcomes of Actions taken since 9/11
John R. Harrald
7. 2005 Events and Outcomes: Hurricane Katrina and Beyond
Melanie Gall and Susan L. Cutter
8. The System Is Tested: Response to the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Liesel A. Ritchie, Duane A. Gill, and John R. Harrald
9. From a Painful Past to an Uncertain Future
Patrick S. Roberts, Jeffrey Glick, and Gary Wamsley
10. The Evolving Federal Role in Emergency Management: Policies and Processes
Patrick S. Roberts, Jeffrey Glick, and Gary Wamsley
