Disaster Research by Rasmus Dahlberg, Olivier Rubin, Morten T... - 9781138051614

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Disaster ResearchMultidisciplinary and International Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Rasmus Dahlberg, Olivier Rubin, Morten Thanning Vendel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138051614, 978-1138051614\nSynopsis\nGiven the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster Research provides a much-needed multidisciplinary perspective of the area.\n\nThis book is is structured thematically around key approaches to disaster research from a range of different, but often complementary academic disciplines. Each chapter presents distinct approaches to disaster research that is anchored in a particular discipline; ranging from the law of disasters and disaster historiography to disaster politics and anthropology of disaster. The methodological and theoretical contributions underlining a specific approach to disasters .