Clarke, Lee Ben.

Worst cases terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination / [electronic resource] : Lee Clarke. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006. - xi, 213 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index.

1. Worst cases : be afraid, be very afraid -- 2. The sky could be falling : globally relevant disasters and the perils of probabilism -- 3. What's the worst that can happen? 4. Power, politics, and panic in worst cases -- 5. Silver linings : the good from the worst -- 6. Living and dying in worst case worlds.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Emergency management.
Disasters--Psychological aspects.
Terrorism--Psychological aspects.
Risk assessment.
Catastrophical, The.


Electronic books.

HV551.2 / .C533 2006eb

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