{"product_id":"the-social-roots-of-risk-kathleen-tierney-9780804791397","title":"The Social Roots of Risk: Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9\/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Roots of Risk\u003c\/i\u003e argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types--be they natural, technological, or economic--are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself--by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering a wide range of historical and looming events--from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP's accident history prior to the 2010 blowout--Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Roots of Risk\u003c\/i\u003e leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis--and what we can do to prevent it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Tierney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804791392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804791397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Business Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 901","brand":"Kathleen Tierney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047015379199,"sku":"9780804791397","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b34ebb77-4d07-4a0a-819a-069f66712043.jpg?v=1684987790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-roots-of-risk-kathleen-tierney-9780804791397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}