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UNINA9910467788603321 |
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Schweitzer Dahlia |
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Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world / / Dahlia Schweitzer |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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0-8135-9316-6 |
0-8135-9318-2 |
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Epidemics in mass media |
Apocalypse in mass media |
Mass media - Social aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Outbreak Narrative -- 2. The Globalization Outbreak -- 3. The Terrorism Outbreak -- 4. The Post apocalypse Outbreak -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer |
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considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow |
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UNINA9910958921903321 |
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Resettling displaced people : policy and practice in India / / editor Hari Mohan Mathur |
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New Delhi, : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group and Council for Social Development, 2011 |
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1-136-70421-3 |
0-203-81402-9 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (442 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Forced migration - India |
Economic development projects - Social aspects - India |
Land settlement - India |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Resettling Displaced People; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Muchkund Dubey; Acknowledgements; Introduction and overview; Part I: The governance challenge; 1. Making resettlement work: Policy, planning and management: Hari Mohan Mathur; Legal framework for land |
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acquisition; Policy guidelines on resettlement; The planning of resettlement; Strengthening management capacity; The role of NGOs; Monitoring and evaluation; Part II: Emerging issues in resettlement policy |
2. Converting resettlement policy into resettlement law: a welcome initiative but no occasion for celebration yet: Ramaswamy R. IyerStrengthening resettlement policy; Reasons for scepticism; Some progress overall, but more needs to be done; 3. Broadening the definition of 'population displacement': Geography and economics in conservation policy: Michael M. Cernea; Researching and conceptualising forced displacement; The pivotal importance of the concept of displacement; The significant redefinition: Restriction of access seen as displacement; Twin objectives in establishing protected areas |
What is the content of 'forced displacement'?New policy conclusions and operational prescriptions; The economic rationale underpinning the policy change; From policy to implementation; Additional financing provided for co-management; Focused research on restricted areas and property; 4. Involuntary resettlement policy and transport projects: Gordon Appleby; Involuntary resettlement policy, its development and its objectives; Involuntary resettlement policy in the transport sector; Good practice with involuntary resettlement in the transport sector |
Road rehabilitation in post-conflict situationsSumming-up; 5. Resettlement realities: the gulf between policy and practice: Felix Padel and Samarendra Das; Rival constructions of reality; Orissa's R&R policy; Disjunction between policy and practice; The phenomenon of displacement; Cultural genocide; Clash of ideologies; Rule of law; Suggestions for reforming resettlement; Part III: Compensation and the resettlement process; 6. Misunderstood and misused: Re-examining the compensation criterion in resettlement: Supriya Garikipati; The compensation criterion and surrounding controversy |
From abstract theory to applied policyDesigning an incentive-compatible consultation process; The resettlement preferences; Consultation exercises for betterresettlement; 7. From Narmada to Nandigram: the never ending clamour for land as the only route to resettlement: Vasudha Dhagamwar; Circumstances changed, but not ideas on resettlement; The displaced people of Orissa; The West Bengal story; Experiences overlooked; Displacement affects tribal people differently; Unsustainability of the land option; Displaced not all land-dependent |
8. Reconstructing livelihoods: The CIL experience with self-employment schemes: M. P. Roy |
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Developmental projects have long been displacing people in large numbers every year, but it is only in recent years that the fate of those adversely affected has become an issue of widespread concern requiring urgent action. This volume is the scholarly exploration of these critical issues in a wider perspective, examining resettlement policies as well as resettlement strategies, their strengths, their weaknesses, the persisting gap between policy and its actual practice and the means to improve resettlement outcomes.This volume is well-structured into four parts: (a) Displace |
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