{"product_id":"9789048562275","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan by Junko Otani","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 22\/01\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume is a critical interrogation of the concept, meaning and experience of disaster in 21st-century Japan. Throughout the chapters, a central theme and guiding theoretical perspective is the recognition of the human element in disasters. The evolution of disaster studies in Japan over the past three decades-and the contextual disaster policy changes and societal processes-shows that the empirical terrain for studying disasters is changing, animating the high interest in the sociology of disaster as an interdisciplinary field. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420651598197,"sku":"9789048562275","price":188.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9789048562275","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}