Description:
The Consequences of Global Disasters makes an important and much-needed contribution to the expanding field of disaster research. Numerous contributors concentrate on the cultural, political and psychological ramifications of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, but disasters in other contexts, such as Australia, China and Haiti, are considered as well. By offering unique empirical, methodological and theoretical insights, The Consequences of Global Disasters sets an agenda for future developments in the field of disaster research and will be a key resource for students and scholars working in social science disciplines.
Review Quotes:
Anthony Elliott and Eric Hsu have assembled an excellent collection of essays on disasters and disaster research. The book as a whole constitutes an important continuation of the denial of straightforward distinction between natural and non-natural disasters. It is characterized by a definitely global approach with a more specific and multifaceted focus on the threefold Japanese disaster of 2011. - Professor Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh and University of Aberdeen.
Disasters and catastrophes affect people's lives and inevitably give rise to social change. Therefore, disaster research has to constitute one of the crucial topics in the social sciences. Anthony Elliott and Eric Hsu bring original theoretical dimensions to disaster studies by assembling contributions mainly about the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, which provides a new track of reflection to social scientists. - Professor Masahiro Ogino, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.
This volume is the result of fruitful collaborations between Japanese sociologists and their colleagues in Australia, Singapore, and other places. Readers will particularly find an in-depth analysis of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which drastically transformed social relationships in Japan and beyond. - Professor Takashi Okumura, College of Sociology, Rikkyo University, Japan.