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Stress Testing the USA

Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events

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  • © 2013

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  1. John Rennie Short
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 1-7

  3. The War on Terror and the Invasion of Iraq

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 9-60

  4. Neoliberalism: Another Big Picture

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 61-66

  5. Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 67-116

  6. The Financial Crisis

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 117-154

  7. The Gulf Oil Spill

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 155-168

  8. The United States: A System under Stress

    • John Rennie Short
    Pages 169-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-203
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In this volume, the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Financial Meltdown that led to the Great Recession and the Giant Oil Spill. The author uses stress-testing to identify weaknesses within the "system," and examine the response to disaster.

About the author

John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. He is author of 35 books and numerous academic articles regarding cities, environmental issues and cartography.

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