Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Abstract

1. Disaster Management in the United States Emergency Management as a Profession Disasters as a Field of Scientific Research Presidential Disaster Declarations Fundamental Challenges of Emergency Management Phases of Emergency Management 2. Disaster Management and Theories of Public Management Normative Political Theories The Role of Theory in Emergency Management Toward a Theory of Diaster Recovery Knowledge Codification and Knowledge Diffusion Issues 3. Historical Trends in Disaster Management The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense Nationwide Emergency Management The Birth of FEMA Disaster Declarations Issues Civil Defense Again, and Changes in FEMA All-Hazards Management Terrorism Remakes Disaster Management Homeland Security Presidential Directive 4. Understanding Disaster Policy Through Presidential Disaster Declarations The President's Constitutional Emergency Powers Federal Disaster Relief Legislation and Declaration Authority Presidential Discretionary Power Facilitating the President's Work FEMA's Role in the Declaration Process Presidents and Distributive Politics 5. The Role of Scientists and Engineers Researching Hazards and Disasters Disaster Researchers Compete for Government Funding Social Sciences and Emergency Management The Science Informing the Policy and Politics of Disasters Case Studies of Science and Engineering Applied to Disaster Engineering and Public Infrastructure Policy 6. Intergovernmental Relations in Disaster Policy Intergovermental Program Management The National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System Intergovernmental Disaster Management Challenges Government Conractors and Disaster Management 7. Civil-Military Relations and National Security Presidents, the U.S. Military, and Posse Comitatus Militarization of Disaster Policy Homeland Security Terrorism Programs Homeland Security Grants and Their Effects at the Local Level 8. Globalization of Disasters The U.S. Response System for Territories and Foreign States Emergency Managementin Other Nations The United Nations and International Disaster Relief U.S. Domestic Relief versus the U.S. International Relief System 9. Recovery Assistance: 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund versus Conventional Relief The Conventional Model of Disaster Relief The 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund Compensating Victims of Terrorism before 9/11 Was the Master Model Successful in the 9/11 Case? The Master Model an the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Summary of the Models Pros and Cons of the Master and Master Model 10. Conclusions and the Future Special Issues The Big Questions

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