title: Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
author: Lee Clarke
description: "...gripping thesis and prosea must-read for any sociologist (nay, for any curious thinker), not just risk or disaster researchers." -- <i>Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Eugene Rosa, Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor, Washington State University </i><br /><br />"<i>Worst Cases</i> is packed with gems for laypeople and scholars alike." Robert A. Stallings, University of Southern California -- <i>Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Robert Stallings, University of Southern California</i><br /><br />"<i>tour de force</i> "immersed in sociological tradition, focusing on social and political structures, social organizations, stratification, inequality...important insights..." -- <i>Contemporary Sociology, May 2006, Havidan Rodriquez (Director, Disaster Research Center) University of Delaware, John Barnshaw, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware</i>
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  A. G. BIRCH
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