政治
自然灾害
政治学
政策制定
毒物控制
公共政策
卡特里娜飓风
自杀预防
公共关系
公共行政
政治经济学
社会学
法学
地理
环境卫生
气象学
医学
出处
期刊:International journal of mass emergencies and disasters
日期:1996-08-01
卷期号:14 (2): 221-243
被引量:106
标识
DOI:10.1177/028072709601400204
摘要
This article explains how large hurricanes and earthquakes influence Congressional agenda activity. By understanding these events as focusing events, we can better appreciate how they induce the news media and Congress to be more attentive to these disasters. While the theory of focusing events outlined here is broadly supported, considerable differences are found between the hurricane and earthquake fields. These differences turn on the political environment in which federal policy to address these disasters is made, and include the nature of the committees charged with policy making, the nature of testimony offered before the committees, and the nature of the professional communities that are most active in this policy making. These differences help to explain why there is greater federal involvement in earthquake policy making than in hurricane policy. The policy implications of these differences are considered.
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