TY - BOOK AU - Clarke,Lee Ben ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Worst cases: terror and catastrophe in the popular imagination AV - HV551.2 .C533 2006eb U1 - 303.48/5 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Emergency management KW - Disasters KW - Psychological aspects KW - Terrorism KW - Risk assessment KW - Catastrophical, The KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index; 1. Worst cases : be afraid, be very afraid -- 2. The sky could be falling : globally relevant disasters and the perils of probabilism -- 3. What's the worst that can happen? 4. Power, politics, and panic in worst cases -- 5. Silver linings : the good from the worst -- 6. Living and dying in worst case worlds; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10468510 ER -