1 Acknowledgments 2 Abbreviations 3 1. SARS: Meeting an Epidemic Head-On 4 2. SARS in China: An Overview 5 3. SARS in Beijing: An Urban Response 6 4. SARS in Hong Kong 7 5. An Analytical Memoir of the WHO Operation in China 8 6. SARS in Canada: Lessons to be Learned from the Greater Toronto Outbreak 9 7. SARS and Representations of the Morality of Quarantine in Ontario, Canada 10 8. Early International News Flow about SARS: Interconnected or Unconnected? 11 9. SARS in China: Western European News Coverage of a Pandemic in the East 12 10. Transboundary Crisis Management: Implications for Research and Practice 13 About the Contributors
Eva-Karin Olsson is senior analyst at the National Center for
Crisis Management Research and Training at Swedish National Defense
College. Lan Xue is professor and dean of the School of Public
Policy and Management, executive vice president of the Development
Research Academy for the 21st Century, and director of China
Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua
University.
This volume offers a unique multidisciplinary and cross-national
perspective on institutional and media responses to the SARS
outbreak. Its in-depth coverage of key outbreak events, decisions,
actions and media representations in China (including Hong Kong)
and Canada helps us understand just how disruptive and challenging
even a medium-fatality viral outbreak like SARS can be. This book
is a must-read for students of disasters and emergency management
world-wide.
*Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University and Australian National
University*
This rich and ground-breaking book synthesizes a multitude of
evidence and argument to provide the definitive explanation of how
the world responded to SARS. It also offers valuable lessons on how
to prepare for and cope with the devastating potential of
transboundary pandemics. It is a must-read for scholars and
practitioners in the field.
*Allan McConnell, The University of Sydney*
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