Keith Robbins
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780198263715
- eISBN:
- 9780191714283
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263715.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity, Church History
This chapter positions the churches in the European crisis of the 1930s. It notes a flourishing of Christian pacifism, strong Catholic support for Franco, broad approval of ‘appeasement’ of German ...
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This chapter positions the churches in the European crisis of the 1930s. It notes a flourishing of Christian pacifism, strong Catholic support for Franco, broad approval of ‘appeasement’ of German grievances but concern about the treatment of the German churches — all in the context of a European struggle between Fascism and Communism. Continental theologians had a divisive impact as Christian doctrine was again reconsidered. There was fresh thought on the relationship between church, community, and state worldwide. Protestant-Catholic relations are particularly considered in divided Ireland and in Scotland. The Second World War (and the Cold War) both raised issues about ‘the Christian West’. Finally, post-war, the churches had to rebuild, literally and metaphorically, in the new era of the Welfare State and Socialism. The 1953 Coronation showed that Christian Britain had appeared to overcome the crises of the two previous decades.Less
This chapter positions the churches in the European crisis of the 1930s. It notes a flourishing of Christian pacifism, strong Catholic support for Franco, broad approval of ‘appeasement’ of German grievances but concern about the treatment of the German churches — all in the context of a European struggle between Fascism and Communism. Continental theologians had a divisive impact as Christian doctrine was again reconsidered. There was fresh thought on the relationship between church, community, and state worldwide. Protestant-Catholic relations are particularly considered in divided Ireland and in Scotland. The Second World War (and the Cold War) both raised issues about ‘the Christian West’. Finally, post-war, the churches had to rebuild, literally and metaphorically, in the new era of the Welfare State and Socialism. The 1953 Coronation showed that Christian Britain had appeared to overcome the crises of the two previous decades.
Mallory McDuff
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195379570
- eISBN:
- 9780199869084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195379570.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter reveals how churches are transforming the ministry of disaster relief and rebuilding by integrating the environment into their efforts. Many churches and faith organizations are making ...
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This chapter reveals how churches are transforming the ministry of disaster relief and rebuilding by integrating the environment into their efforts. Many churches and faith organizations are making the environment a priority as they respond to the increasing scale of natural disasters precipitated by climate change. The stories in this chapter along the Gulf Coast include the congregation of St. John Baptist Church, which integrated energy efficiency into their rebuilt church; a group of innovative churches called Sustainable Churches for South Louisiana; a program called Desire Street Ministries, which rebuilds churches and educates youth; and the Jericho Road Housing Initiative, which is spearheading energy-efficient, affordable housing. The lessons learned point to the power of hope from faith, the importance of coordinating sustainability among denominations, the potential for partnerships with secular environmental groups, and the long-term economic gains from investing in green building.Less
This chapter reveals how churches are transforming the ministry of disaster relief and rebuilding by integrating the environment into their efforts. Many churches and faith organizations are making the environment a priority as they respond to the increasing scale of natural disasters precipitated by climate change. The stories in this chapter along the Gulf Coast include the congregation of St. John Baptist Church, which integrated energy efficiency into their rebuilt church; a group of innovative churches called Sustainable Churches for South Louisiana; a program called Desire Street Ministries, which rebuilds churches and educates youth; and the Jericho Road Housing Initiative, which is spearheading energy-efficient, affordable housing. The lessons learned point to the power of hope from faith, the importance of coordinating sustainability among denominations, the potential for partnerships with secular environmental groups, and the long-term economic gains from investing in green building.
Harvey Molotch
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691163581
- eISBN:
- 9781400852338
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691163581.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Security Studies
This chapter focuses on Ground Zero and the successive attempts to rebuild. It treats the replacement skyline of New York as a great mishap and wasted opportunity. Security measures display, on the ...
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This chapter focuses on Ground Zero and the successive attempts to rebuild. It treats the replacement skyline of New York as a great mishap and wasted opportunity. Security measures display, on the ground, some rather new ways that political authority combines with market forces to shape the world. Although there were varied aesthetic and moral visions of what should happen at the site, the pugilist instinct predominated. Post-9/11 measures to protect the downtown called for not just any sort of buildings, but those that would show the enemy that we could build tall and powerful. The result is a different kind of building in the form of One World Trade Center, also known as “Freedom Tower.” It is argued that the “program” for the structure, still in another way, created vulnerabilities through misguided hardening up.Less
This chapter focuses on Ground Zero and the successive attempts to rebuild. It treats the replacement skyline of New York as a great mishap and wasted opportunity. Security measures display, on the ground, some rather new ways that political authority combines with market forces to shape the world. Although there were varied aesthetic and moral visions of what should happen at the site, the pugilist instinct predominated. Post-9/11 measures to protect the downtown called for not just any sort of buildings, but those that would show the enemy that we could build tall and powerful. The result is a different kind of building in the form of One World Trade Center, also known as “Freedom Tower.” It is argued that the “program” for the structure, still in another way, created vulnerabilities through misguided hardening up.
Didik Prasetyo, Marc Ancrenaz, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Serge A. Wich, and Carel P. van Schaik
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199213276
- eISBN:
- 9780191707568
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213276.003.0019
- Subject:
- Biology, Animal Biology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology
Orangutans, like the other great apes, build nests ever day. Nests probably serve to achieve the optimum combination of physical comfort, temperature, and safety against predators and parasites. The ...
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Orangutans, like the other great apes, build nests ever day. Nests probably serve to achieve the optimum combination of physical comfort, temperature, and safety against predators and parasites. The chapter describes the basic nest-building technique used by orangutans, and draws attention to various special additions to this basic design, whose presence varies geographically. When nesting during the day, orangutans are more likely to use existing nests, or rebuild existing ones, and when building a new nest, do so much faster than when nesting for the night. Orangutans readily build day nests in fruiting trees, but strongly avoid building night nests in them at most sites. Instead, they build their night nests in a selected range of species, which are often not the most frequently encountered in the forest. What features of the trees causes this striking selectivity remains unclear. Similarly, orangutans build their nests in a variety of structural positions in the tree, and there is no good explanation for the geographic variation in the distribution of positions found among sites.Less
Orangutans, like the other great apes, build nests ever day. Nests probably serve to achieve the optimum combination of physical comfort, temperature, and safety against predators and parasites. The chapter describes the basic nest-building technique used by orangutans, and draws attention to various special additions to this basic design, whose presence varies geographically. When nesting during the day, orangutans are more likely to use existing nests, or rebuild existing ones, and when building a new nest, do so much faster than when nesting for the night. Orangutans readily build day nests in fruiting trees, but strongly avoid building night nests in them at most sites. Instead, they build their night nests in a selected range of species, which are often not the most frequently encountered in the forest. What features of the trees causes this striking selectivity remains unclear. Similarly, orangutans build their nests in a variety of structural positions in the tree, and there is no good explanation for the geographic variation in the distribution of positions found among sites.
James Greenhalgh
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781526114143
- eISBN:
- 9781526136060
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526114143.001.0001
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural History
Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War. It explores the strategies of spatial governance that sought ...
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Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War. It explores the strategies of spatial governance that sought to restructure society and looks at the cast of characters who shaped these processes. It challenges traditional views of urban modernism as moderate and humanist, shedding new light on the importance of the immediate post-war for the trajectory of urban renewal in the twentieth century. The book shows how local corporations and town planners in Manchester and Hull attempted to create order and functionality through the remaking of their decrepit Victorian cities. It looks at the motivations of national and local governments in the post-war rebuilding process and explores why and how they attempted the schemes they did. What emerges is a picture of local corporations, planners and city engineers as radical reshapers of the urban environment, not through the production of grand examples of architectural modernism, but in mundane attempts to zone cities, produce greener housing estates, control advertising or regulate air quality. Their ambition to control and shape the space of their cities was an attempt to produce urban environments that might be both more orderly and functional, but also held the potential to shape society.Less
Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War. It explores the strategies of spatial governance that sought to restructure society and looks at the cast of characters who shaped these processes. It challenges traditional views of urban modernism as moderate and humanist, shedding new light on the importance of the immediate post-war for the trajectory of urban renewal in the twentieth century. The book shows how local corporations and town planners in Manchester and Hull attempted to create order and functionality through the remaking of their decrepit Victorian cities. It looks at the motivations of national and local governments in the post-war rebuilding process and explores why and how they attempted the schemes they did. What emerges is a picture of local corporations, planners and city engineers as radical reshapers of the urban environment, not through the production of grand examples of architectural modernism, but in mundane attempts to zone cities, produce greener housing estates, control advertising or regulate air quality. Their ambition to control and shape the space of their cities was an attempt to produce urban environments that might be both more orderly and functional, but also held the potential to shape society.
Graciana del Castillo
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199237739
- eISBN:
- 9780191717239
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199237739.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental, International
The book uses the term ‘economic reconstruction’ in a broad sense to include not only rehabilitation of basic services and rebuilding of physical and human infrastructure, but also the stabilization ...
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The book uses the term ‘economic reconstruction’ in a broad sense to include not only rehabilitation of basic services and rebuilding of physical and human infrastructure, but also the stabilization and structural reform policies, as well as the microeconomic foundations required to create a market economy and reactivate investment and broad-based growth. This chapter argues that countries in reconstruction do indeed share a number of characteristics with countries in the process of normal development but such similarities should not lead to their conflation. The chapter discusses how policymaking in countries coming out of crisis — whether conflict, natural disasters, or financial chaos — differs from policymaking under normal development. Since countries coming out of war have a high risk of relapsing into conflict, the chapter also argues that it may be more effective to use scarce resources in the few countries undergoing reconstruction than in preventive diplomacy across the world.Less
The book uses the term ‘economic reconstruction’ in a broad sense to include not only rehabilitation of basic services and rebuilding of physical and human infrastructure, but also the stabilization and structural reform policies, as well as the microeconomic foundations required to create a market economy and reactivate investment and broad-based growth. This chapter argues that countries in reconstruction do indeed share a number of characteristics with countries in the process of normal development but such similarities should not lead to their conflation. The chapter discusses how policymaking in countries coming out of crisis — whether conflict, natural disasters, or financial chaos — differs from policymaking under normal development. Since countries coming out of war have a high risk of relapsing into conflict, the chapter also argues that it may be more effective to use scarce resources in the few countries undergoing reconstruction than in preventive diplomacy across the world.
Peter Borsay
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202554
- eISBN:
- 9780191675409
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202554.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter discusses changes made in urban areas in terms of a town's physical form. In the mid-17th century, provincial towns were not important or large enough to attract serious architectural ...
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This chapter discusses changes made in urban areas in terms of a town's physical form. In the mid-17th century, provincial towns were not important or large enough to attract serious architectural changes. This paved the way for a concern with the development of interior comfort rather than external elegance. During the late 17th-century, houses were old-fashioned, their style hadn't changed for decades. Some alterations and improvements on houses took place between 1570 and 1640 and as a consequence this period was termed the Great Rebuilding. Several towns participated in this development, for example Ludlow, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Ledbury, Warwick, Totnes, Oxford, and Plymouth. The Great Rebuilding concentrated mainly on the inside of the house where standards of personal comfort and convenience were upgraded. This fever of Great Rebuilding spread throughout the country and the process of reconstruction expanded from about 1660 to 1739.Less
This chapter discusses changes made in urban areas in terms of a town's physical form. In the mid-17th century, provincial towns were not important or large enough to attract serious architectural changes. This paved the way for a concern with the development of interior comfort rather than external elegance. During the late 17th-century, houses were old-fashioned, their style hadn't changed for decades. Some alterations and improvements on houses took place between 1570 and 1640 and as a consequence this period was termed the Great Rebuilding. Several towns participated in this development, for example Ludlow, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Ledbury, Warwick, Totnes, Oxford, and Plymouth. The Great Rebuilding concentrated mainly on the inside of the house where standards of personal comfort and convenience were upgraded. This fever of Great Rebuilding spread throughout the country and the process of reconstruction expanded from about 1660 to 1739.
Eric T. Freyfogle
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124391
- eISBN:
- 9780813134888
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124391.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Environmental Politics
This chapter examines the fields of ecology and ethics as they relate to private ownership. These related fields share an inner tension between greater abstraction and individualism and greater ...
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This chapter examines the fields of ecology and ethics as they relate to private ownership. These related fields share an inner tension between greater abstraction and individualism and greater attention to connections and dependencies. Although a shift toward abstraction and individualism in the three fields brought about some serious gains, including private rights, economic growth, and more productive lands, the shift went too far and has stimulated a counter-shift back toward the intellectual reassembly of the fragmented social and natural parts. There is now a need to move back toward greater awareness of community and interdependence and to engage in a responsible reassembly of parts so that the benefits that arise can be enjoyed when communities, whether social, cultural or natural, are healthy.Less
This chapter examines the fields of ecology and ethics as they relate to private ownership. These related fields share an inner tension between greater abstraction and individualism and greater attention to connections and dependencies. Although a shift toward abstraction and individualism in the three fields brought about some serious gains, including private rights, economic growth, and more productive lands, the shift went too far and has stimulated a counter-shift back toward the intellectual reassembly of the fragmented social and natural parts. There is now a need to move back toward greater awareness of community and interdependence and to engage in a responsible reassembly of parts so that the benefits that arise can be enjoyed when communities, whether social, cultural or natural, are healthy.
Shelly O'foran
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830482
- eISBN:
- 9781469606118
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807876664_o_foran.11
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
The goal of this book is to tell the story of Little Zion Baptist Church as fully as possible in the voices of its members. The narratives collected are stories people shared about the rebuilding ...
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The goal of this book is to tell the story of Little Zion Baptist Church as fully as possible in the voices of its members. The narratives collected are stories people shared about the rebuilding effort of Little Zion, people's memories and inherited traditions, and the transmission of tradition among community members. In this epilogue, the author reflects upon the lessons she learned from stories she collected and her experience of taking part in the rebuilding of Little Zion.Less
The goal of this book is to tell the story of Little Zion Baptist Church as fully as possible in the voices of its members. The narratives collected are stories people shared about the rebuilding effort of Little Zion, people's memories and inherited traditions, and the transmission of tradition among community members. In this epilogue, the author reflects upon the lessons she learned from stories she collected and her experience of taking part in the rebuilding of Little Zion.
Jean-Luc Nancy and Aurélien Barrau
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780823263332
- eISBN:
- 9780823266326
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823263332.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
Our contemporary challenge, according to this book, is that a new world has quietly cropped up on us and is, in fact, already here. We no longer live in a world, but in worlds. We do not live in a ...
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Our contemporary challenge, according to this book, is that a new world has quietly cropped up on us and is, in fact, already here. We no longer live in a world, but in worlds. We do not live in a universe anymore, but rather in a multiverse. We no longer create; we appropriate and montage. And we do not build sovereign, hierarchical political institutions anymore; we form local assemblies and networks of cross-national assemblages and we do this at the same time as we form multinational corporations that no longer pay taxes to the State. This book is a study of life, plural worlds, and what the authors call the struction or rebuilding of these worlds. The text invites us to view barely known worlds when an everyday French idiom, “What's this world coming to?,” is used to question our conventional thinking about the world. One chapter articulates a major shift in the paradigm of contemporary physics from a universe to a multiverse. Meanwhile, another chapter is a contemporary comment on the project of deconstruction and French post-structuralist thought. We soon find ourselves living among heaps of odd bits and pieces that are amassing without any unifying force or center, living not only in a time of ruin and fragmentation, but of rebuilding. In the time of this rebuilding, the book argues that contemporary thought has shifted from deconstruction to what they carefully call the struction of dis-order.Less
Our contemporary challenge, according to this book, is that a new world has quietly cropped up on us and is, in fact, already here. We no longer live in a world, but in worlds. We do not live in a universe anymore, but rather in a multiverse. We no longer create; we appropriate and montage. And we do not build sovereign, hierarchical political institutions anymore; we form local assemblies and networks of cross-national assemblages and we do this at the same time as we form multinational corporations that no longer pay taxes to the State. This book is a study of life, plural worlds, and what the authors call the struction or rebuilding of these worlds. The text invites us to view barely known worlds when an everyday French idiom, “What's this world coming to?,” is used to question our conventional thinking about the world. One chapter articulates a major shift in the paradigm of contemporary physics from a universe to a multiverse. Meanwhile, another chapter is a contemporary comment on the project of deconstruction and French post-structuralist thought. We soon find ourselves living among heaps of odd bits and pieces that are amassing without any unifying force or center, living not only in a time of ruin and fragmentation, but of rebuilding. In the time of this rebuilding, the book argues that contemporary thought has shifted from deconstruction to what they carefully call the struction of dis-order.
David A. Shore
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195176360
- eISBN:
- 9780199865598
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176360.003.01
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
Trust is the foundation upon which our healthcare system is built, but the current trends showing increasing distrust compromise the system's effectiveness. This chapter discusses the reasons behind ...
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Trust is the foundation upon which our healthcare system is built, but the current trends showing increasing distrust compromise the system's effectiveness. This chapter discusses the reasons behind the decline. It argues that most of the erosion is due to developments that occurred within the health care system—new delivery system, changes in the patient-doctor relationship, and the increasing self-scrutiny leading to controversy around medical errors. Popular media has also helped perpetuate the public's view of distrust. Given the role of trust that is integral to the healthcare system, the chapter examines why and how rebuilding trust can be achieved.Less
Trust is the foundation upon which our healthcare system is built, but the current trends showing increasing distrust compromise the system's effectiveness. This chapter discusses the reasons behind the decline. It argues that most of the erosion is due to developments that occurred within the health care system—new delivery system, changes in the patient-doctor relationship, and the increasing self-scrutiny leading to controversy around medical errors. Popular media has also helped perpetuate the public's view of distrust. Given the role of trust that is integral to the healthcare system, the chapter examines why and how rebuilding trust can be achieved.
Richard Hingley
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199641413
- eISBN:
- 9780191745720
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641413.003.0010
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This chapter explores the contributions of John Clayton and John Collingwood Bruce to knowledge of the Wall. It draws upon the section of curtain Wall reconstructed by Clayton along the central ...
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This chapter explores the contributions of John Clayton and John Collingwood Bruce to knowledge of the Wall. It draws upon the section of curtain Wall reconstructed by Clayton along the central upland section of its course — the so-called ‘Clayton Wall’. While William Bell Scott was painting the canvas for Wallington Hall, Clayton was engaged in uncovering and rebuilding the physical fabric of the Wall. The chapter examines the idea of the metaphorical and physical rebuilding of the Wall through an assessment of the contributions of Clayton and Bruce to Wall studies, by selecting themes related to the way that knowledge and understanding were built up during the second half of the nineteenth century. The development of knowledge about the history and structure of the Wall at this time resulted in a fundamental re-conceptualization of its significance and a growing international appreciation of the monument.Less
This chapter explores the contributions of John Clayton and John Collingwood Bruce to knowledge of the Wall. It draws upon the section of curtain Wall reconstructed by Clayton along the central upland section of its course — the so-called ‘Clayton Wall’. While William Bell Scott was painting the canvas for Wallington Hall, Clayton was engaged in uncovering and rebuilding the physical fabric of the Wall. The chapter examines the idea of the metaphorical and physical rebuilding of the Wall through an assessment of the contributions of Clayton and Bruce to Wall studies, by selecting themes related to the way that knowledge and understanding were built up during the second half of the nineteenth century. The development of knowledge about the history and structure of the Wall at this time resulted in a fundamental re-conceptualization of its significance and a growing international appreciation of the monument.
Daniel Ullucci
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199791705
- eISBN:
- 9780199932436
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199791705.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion in the Ancient World
In the fourth century, the Roman Emperor Julian attempted to undo all the religious change wrought by the Christians. Julian was the first emperor after Constantine not to institute pro-Christian ...
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In the fourth century, the Roman Emperor Julian attempted to undo all the religious change wrought by the Christians. Julian was the first emperor after Constantine not to institute pro-Christian policies, and he ruled at a time when Christianity’s position in the empire was sill uncertain. Julian attempted to bring the empire back to its traditional religious practices, including animal sacrifice. Julian’s anti-Christian and pro-sacrifice policies and writings provide a unique window into the ways in which Christian positions on sacrifice had impacted the empire by the fourth century. Julian is aware of the ways in which Christians have used positions on sacrifice in their theological models, and he uses this knowledge to attack Christian religious and historical claims. Ultimately, Julian’s early death marked the final triumph of Christian positions on sacrifice.Less
In the fourth century, the Roman Emperor Julian attempted to undo all the religious change wrought by the Christians. Julian was the first emperor after Constantine not to institute pro-Christian policies, and he ruled at a time when Christianity’s position in the empire was sill uncertain. Julian attempted to bring the empire back to its traditional religious practices, including animal sacrifice. Julian’s anti-Christian and pro-sacrifice policies and writings provide a unique window into the ways in which Christian positions on sacrifice had impacted the empire by the fourth century. Julian is aware of the ways in which Christians have used positions on sacrifice in their theological models, and he uses this knowledge to attack Christian religious and historical claims. Ultimately, Julian’s early death marked the final triumph of Christian positions on sacrifice.
Daniel P. Aldrich
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226638263
- eISBN:
- 9780226638577
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226638577.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Chapter 5 steps one level up from prefectures and looks at the national context of the 3/11 triple disasters. This chapter focuses on the decisions made by the central government before, during, and ...
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Chapter 5 steps one level up from prefectures and looks at the national context of the 3/11 triple disasters. This chapter focuses on the decisions made by the central government before, during, and after the disasters. At the national level, while the government was reasonably well prepared for standard disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami, it was not prepared for a nuclear disaster and lacked administrative resources, such as legal frameworks and knowledgeable personnel, to respond quickly and effectively. Further, choices made by government agencies, including the choice to withhold information about radiation exposure during the crisis and the choice to apply top-down, one-size-fits-all rebuilding frameworks, showed poor national-level governance. The government’s seemingly arbitrary and capricious selection of acceptable radiation exposure levels rattled many from Fukushima and around the country.Less
Chapter 5 steps one level up from prefectures and looks at the national context of the 3/11 triple disasters. This chapter focuses on the decisions made by the central government before, during, and after the disasters. At the national level, while the government was reasonably well prepared for standard disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami, it was not prepared for a nuclear disaster and lacked administrative resources, such as legal frameworks and knowledgeable personnel, to respond quickly and effectively. Further, choices made by government agencies, including the choice to withhold information about radiation exposure during the crisis and the choice to apply top-down, one-size-fits-all rebuilding frameworks, showed poor national-level governance. The government’s seemingly arbitrary and capricious selection of acceptable radiation exposure levels rattled many from Fukushima and around the country.
May Ebihara and Judy Ledgerwood
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520230286
- eISBN:
- 9780520927575
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520230286.003.0010
- Subject:
- Anthropology, African Cultural Anthropology
This chapter takes a look at how anthropologists can provide an analysis of the devastation that follows genocide and how survivors try to rebuild their lives. The analysis presented in this chapter ...
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This chapter takes a look at how anthropologists can provide an analysis of the devastation that follows genocide and how survivors try to rebuild their lives. The analysis presented in this chapter focuses on a hamlet in central Cambodia, where nearly half of the population studied in 1959–60 died of disease, overwork, starvation, or execution.Less
This chapter takes a look at how anthropologists can provide an analysis of the devastation that follows genocide and how survivors try to rebuild their lives. The analysis presented in this chapter focuses on a hamlet in central Cambodia, where nearly half of the population studied in 1959–60 died of disease, overwork, starvation, or execution.
Fatiha Belmessous, Franck Chignier-Riboulon, Nicole Commerç, and Marcus Zept
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861347756
- eISBN:
- 9781447303237
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861347756.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter provides an overview of the history of demolition of large housing estates in Europe. It considers the rationale and objectives for demolition and rebuilding in both a theoretical and ...
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This chapter provides an overview of the history of demolition of large housing estates in Europe. It considers the rationale and objectives for demolition and rebuilding in both a theoretical and practical context, and discusses the implications of this practice for low-income households. The chapter considers the political context of the socioeconomic and spatial questions associated with demotion and rebuilding in order to illuminate the main goals of the European countries in terms of rebuilding. It explains that demolition and rebuilding were launched as a way to reintegrate large housing estates within the city and to resolve the social and economic problems associated with them.Less
This chapter provides an overview of the history of demolition of large housing estates in Europe. It considers the rationale and objectives for demolition and rebuilding in both a theoretical and practical context, and discusses the implications of this practice for low-income households. The chapter considers the political context of the socioeconomic and spatial questions associated with demotion and rebuilding in order to illuminate the main goals of the European countries in terms of rebuilding. It explains that demolition and rebuilding were launched as a way to reintegrate large housing estates within the city and to resolve the social and economic problems associated with them.
Paul A. Shackel
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520266292
- eISBN:
- 9780520947832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520266292.003.0009
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
New Philadelphia had at least three generations of building, and people had lived in the town for almost one hundred years. It was a dynamic place, with families building, remodeling, and adding ...
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New Philadelphia had at least three generations of building, and people had lived in the town for almost one hundred years. It was a dynamic place, with families building, remodeling, and adding extensions to their houses and tearing down older buildings and temporary log cabins. The archaeological evidence suggests that the Burdick cabin did not last long, maybe a few years, and also provides an indication of the first generation of building, in the form of a log house, in New Philadelphia. Additionally, it shows that while some people left New Philadelphia after 1869, others saw the place as home and invested in the town by rebuilding. Blacksmithing is one of the last entrepreneurial activities that survived in New Philadelphia into the early twentieth century. It is also very clear that New Philadelphia was a place where businesses survived even after the railroad bypassed the town.Less
New Philadelphia had at least three generations of building, and people had lived in the town for almost one hundred years. It was a dynamic place, with families building, remodeling, and adding extensions to their houses and tearing down older buildings and temporary log cabins. The archaeological evidence suggests that the Burdick cabin did not last long, maybe a few years, and also provides an indication of the first generation of building, in the form of a log house, in New Philadelphia. Additionally, it shows that while some people left New Philadelphia after 1869, others saw the place as home and invested in the town by rebuilding. Blacksmithing is one of the last entrepreneurial activities that survived in New Philadelphia into the early twentieth century. It is also very clear that New Philadelphia was a place where businesses survived even after the railroad bypassed the town.
Rudy Koshar
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520217683
- eISBN:
- 9780520922525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520217683.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
After World War II, there was a need to reconstruct important buildings and monuments that had been damaged in Germany. Rebuilding, regardless of its form and whether it emphasized modernization and ...
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After World War II, there was a need to reconstruct important buildings and monuments that had been damaged in Germany. Rebuilding, regardless of its form and whether it emphasized modernization and revolution or preservation of tradition, could never be divorced from the German past. This chapter discusses the importance of reconstructions in the German memory landscape. The experience of Germans after the World War II shows that reconstruction could mean that something which had been broken or lost can be reestablished and reconnected. Monuments and ruins had once dominated ways of thinking and speaking about the German memory landscape, but reconstructions in all their varied forms commanded attention from 1945 to 1970, as Germany emerged from the most murderous military and racial struggle in human history.Less
After World War II, there was a need to reconstruct important buildings and monuments that had been damaged in Germany. Rebuilding, regardless of its form and whether it emphasized modernization and revolution or preservation of tradition, could never be divorced from the German past. This chapter discusses the importance of reconstructions in the German memory landscape. The experience of Germans after the World War II shows that reconstruction could mean that something which had been broken or lost can be reestablished and reconnected. Monuments and ruins had once dominated ways of thinking and speaking about the German memory landscape, but reconstructions in all their varied forms commanded attention from 1945 to 1970, as Germany emerged from the most murderous military and racial struggle in human history.
Sonia Ryang
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520098633
- eISBN:
- 9780520916197
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520098633.003.0004
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This article attempts to throw some light on the condition of Korean expatriates in Japan. It starts with a fairly recent instance when revelations made by the Japanese media claimed the kidnapping ...
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This article attempts to throw some light on the condition of Korean expatriates in Japan. It starts with a fairly recent instance when revelations made by the Japanese media claimed the kidnapping of thirteen Japanese by the North Korean intelligence, for subservient goals. The revelation entailed quite manifest heightening of domestic hostilities toward the Koreans. The roots of the problem for expatriate Koreans in Japan started from a rather bizarre premise—the postwar national rebuilding of Japan, among other elements, included an erasure of its erstwhile colonial subjects. In terms of policy measures, it converted into an imposed invisibility upon the subjects—a withdrawal of citizenship, omission from census, pension benefits etc., and most importantly, from the victim charts of the holocaust. This subjective invisibility retracted with the given revelation projecting the Korean diaspora in most unfavorable lights and entailing immense associated hazards.Less
This article attempts to throw some light on the condition of Korean expatriates in Japan. It starts with a fairly recent instance when revelations made by the Japanese media claimed the kidnapping of thirteen Japanese by the North Korean intelligence, for subservient goals. The revelation entailed quite manifest heightening of domestic hostilities toward the Koreans. The roots of the problem for expatriate Koreans in Japan started from a rather bizarre premise—the postwar national rebuilding of Japan, among other elements, included an erasure of its erstwhile colonial subjects. In terms of policy measures, it converted into an imposed invisibility upon the subjects—a withdrawal of citizenship, omission from census, pension benefits etc., and most importantly, from the victim charts of the holocaust. This subjective invisibility retracted with the given revelation projecting the Korean diaspora in most unfavorable lights and entailing immense associated hazards.
Christopher B. Strain
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032399
- eISBN:
- 9780813038919
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032399.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter deals with the rebuilding efforts. Some of the churches were rebuilt quickly; others took longer. Friends, neighbors, and relatives pitched in to help victims rebuild as aid poured in ...
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This chapter deals with the rebuilding efforts. Some of the churches were rebuilt quickly; others took longer. Friends, neighbors, and relatives pitched in to help victims rebuild as aid poured in from other parts of the nation and from other countries. Volunteers traveled thousands of miles to help victims rebuild. The help these congregations received was impressive and generous, but unforeseen difficulties hindered the rebuilding process for many churches.Less
This chapter deals with the rebuilding efforts. Some of the churches were rebuilt quickly; others took longer. Friends, neighbors, and relatives pitched in to help victims rebuild as aid poured in from other parts of the nation and from other countries. Volunteers traveled thousands of miles to help victims rebuild. The help these congregations received was impressive and generous, but unforeseen difficulties hindered the rebuilding process for many churches.
