Wildfire and Power - Policy and Practice (Hardcover)

This book brings together perspectives from sociology, political science, gender studies, and history to produce new ways of analysing wildfire preparedness and policy in Australia. Drawing on data from hundreds of interviews with residents, volunteers and emergency services professionals living and working in wildfire-prone areas, the authors focus on issues of power and inequality, the contested nature of community and the relationship between citizens and the state. The book questions not only existing policy approaches, but also the central concepts on which they are founded. In doing so, the aim is to create a more conceptually robust and academically contextualised discussion about the limitations of current wildfire policy approaches in Australia and to provide further evidence of the need for disaster studies to engage with a variety of social science approaches. Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice will be of most interest to higher degree by research students, other academics and policy makers examining the evolving patterns and politics of work, employment, management and industrial relations as well as those involved in emergency and disaster management service delivery. It would be most suited to academic and public libraries as well as organisations in the field of emergency and disaster management.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Peter Fairbrother • Meagan Tyler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-37020-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
LSN:	1-138-37020-7
Barcode:	9781138370203

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!