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Disasters and Democracy: The Politics Of Extreme Natural Events (4th Edition) by Rutherford H. Platt, Miriam Gradie Anderson, Alexandra D. Dawson, Jessica Spelke Jansujwicz, Ute Janik Dymon, David Scherf, K. Beth O'donnell, Claire B. Rubin Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 1-55963-696-3 / 1559636963 ISBN-13: 978-1-55963-696-4 / 9781559636964 In recent years, the number of presidential declarations of "major disasters" has skyrocketed. Such declarations make stricken areas eligible for federal emergency relief funds that greatly reduce their costs. But is federalizing the costs of disasters helping to lighten the overall burden of disast |