Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies

<p>This paper discusses natural disaster research from agenda setting and public policy perspectives. I note the lack of such a large contribution of sociolegal research to the broader social science of disaster, and argue that there can be fruitful connections between sociolegal studies and t...

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Main Author: Thomas A Birkland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2013-04-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2221290
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spelling doaj-f9cfd83e05b84c22ae8c2e217ac1d0722020-11-25T00:53:16ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712013-04-0132363377145Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal StudiesThomas A Birkland0North Carolina State University<p>This paper discusses natural disaster research from agenda setting and public policy perspectives. I note the lack of such a large contribution of sociolegal research to the broader social science of disaster, and argue that there can be fruitful connections between sociolegal studies and the interdisciplinary and rapidly evolving field of disaster research. Legal scholars have a great deal to contribute to our understanding of social responses and behaviours in the face of these often-frightening events.</p> <hr /><p>Este art&iacute;culo analiza la investigaci&oacute;n sobre desastres naturales desde la perspectiva de establecer un calendario y de pol&iacute;tica p&uacute;blica. Se menciona la falta de una investigaci&oacute;n sociojur&iacute;dica tan completa en el campo m&aacute;s amplio de las ciencias sociales de desastres, y se defiende que pueden darse conexiones fruct&iacute;feras entre los estudios sociojur&iacute;dicos y el campo interdisciplinario y en r&aacute;pida evoluci&oacute;n de la investigaci&oacute;n de desastres. Los profesores de derecho pueden hacer una gran contribuci&oacute;n a nuestra comprensi&oacute;n de las respuestas y comportamientos sociales frente a estos acontecimientos, a menudo aterradores.http://ssrn.com/abstract=2221290disasteragenda settingDesastrescreación de un calendarioestudios sociojurídicos
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Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
Oñati Socio-Legal Series
disaster
agenda setting
Desastres
creación de un calendario
estudios sociojurídicos
author_facet Thomas A Birkland
author_sort Thomas A Birkland
title Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
title_short Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
title_full Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
title_fullStr Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
title_full_unstemmed Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies
title_sort disasters, focusing events, and sociolegal studies
publisher Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
series Oñati Socio-Legal Series
issn 2079-5971
publishDate 2013-04-01
description <p>This paper discusses natural disaster research from agenda setting and public policy perspectives. I note the lack of such a large contribution of sociolegal research to the broader social science of disaster, and argue that there can be fruitful connections between sociolegal studies and the interdisciplinary and rapidly evolving field of disaster research. Legal scholars have a great deal to contribute to our understanding of social responses and behaviours in the face of these often-frightening events.</p> <hr /><p>Este art&iacute;culo analiza la investigaci&oacute;n sobre desastres naturales desde la perspectiva de establecer un calendario y de pol&iacute;tica p&uacute;blica. Se menciona la falta de una investigaci&oacute;n sociojur&iacute;dica tan completa en el campo m&aacute;s amplio de las ciencias sociales de desastres, y se defiende que pueden darse conexiones fruct&iacute;feras entre los estudios sociojur&iacute;dicos y el campo interdisciplinario y en r&aacute;pida evoluci&oacute;n de la investigaci&oacute;n de desastres. Los profesores de derecho pueden hacer una gran contribuci&oacute;n a nuestra comprensi&oacute;n de las respuestas y comportamientos sociales frente a estos acontecimientos, a menudo aterradores.
topic disaster
agenda setting
Desastres
creación de un calendario
estudios sociojurídicos
url http://ssrn.com/abstract=2221290
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