The Politics of Crisis Management in China : The Sichuan Earthquake 9780739139547, 9780739139523

The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China 9781503603400

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake killed 87,000 people and left 5 million homeless. In response to the devastation, an unprece

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Shaken Authority: China's Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake 9781501708503

In Shaken Authority, Christian P. Sorace examines the political mechanisms at work in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan

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Animal Welfare in China: Crisis, Culture and Politics 1743324707, 9781743324707

The plight of animals in China has attracted intense interest in recent times. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, speculati

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The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: The Story of the Deadliest Earthquake in American History

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the earthquake and fires *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes

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Greece in Crisis: The Cultural Politics of Austerity 9781786722522, 1786722526

Since 2010 Greece has been experiencing the longest period of austerity and economic downturn in its recent history. Eco

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Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China 9780292773066

Throughout history the Yellow River, or Huang Ho, has repeatedly broken through its levees to rampage over the densely p

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Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China 9780465023493, 2011934180

When an earthquake of historic magnitude leveled the industrial city of Tangshan in the summer of 1976, killing more tha

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The Party and Agricultural Crisis Management in the USSR 9781501736834

Using the insights of organizational theory, she analyzes the role played by local party organs in implementing agricult

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The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China 9781501728808

China is by far the world's leading producer of pirated goods—from films and books to clothing, from consumer elect

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Factory politics in the People's Republic of China 9789004421752, 9789004421745

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