災害の文化：人災・天災における知識と不確実性 Disaster Culture : Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe

Button, Gregory

Left Coast Press Inc（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781598743890
• DDC分類 363.340973

基本説明

Explains how corporations, state agencies, social advocacy organisations, and other actors attempt to control disaster narratives.

Full Description

When disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureaucrats, and analysts rush to the scene; personal tragedies are played out in a barrage of media coverage; on the ground, confusion and uncertainty reign. In this major comparative study, Gregory Button draws on three decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities to break new ground in our understanding of these moments of chaos. He explains how corporations, state agencies, social advocacy organizations, and other actors attempt to control disaster narratives, adopting public relations strategies that may either downplay or amplify a sense of uncertainty in order to advance political and policy goals. Importantly, he shows that disasters are not isolated events, offering a holistic account of the political dynamics of uncertainty in times of calamity.

Contents

Introduction; 1: A Sea of Uncertainty; 2: Uncertainty and Social Conflict over Animal Rescue; 3: "What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You"; 4: "Damaged by Katrina, Ruined By Murphy Oil"; 5: Knowledge Withheld; 6: "What We Don't Know Can't Hurt You"; 7: Mediated Disaster Narratives; 8: Contested Knowledge; 9: The Production of Uncertainty; 10: Sequestered Knowledge; 11: A Gulf of Uncertainty