States of emergency : technological failures and social destabilization
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States of emergency : technological failures and social destabilization
Butterworth-Heinemann, c1990
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Etats d'urgence
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-283)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"States of emergency" describes the social disorders and crises which follow a technological disaster such as Three-Mile Island in the USA. Using interview form, the author presents the experiences of people involved in handling crisis situations resulting from technological disasters. The author then shares his observations with other people involved in the crises, including a victim, a journalist, a trade unionist and an industry executive. This book, originally published in French, is the winner of both the Fritz Winter and Roberval Prizes.
Table of Contents
- Technical breakdown, crisis and destabilization framework of reference: the weapons of crisis, organizations with their backs to the wall
- technological crisis and the actors involved: in the thick of things
- from the actors' points of view
- landmarks for action, question about management: getting disentangled from failure's briar patch
- perspectives - the debate is open.
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