DISASTERS vol:23 NO:2



Depolarising the 'Broadened' andBack-to-basics Relief Models
Stephen Jackson and Peter Walker 93

An Ombudsman for Humanitarian Assistance?
John Mitchell and Deborah Doane 1 15

Humanitarianism, Pluralism and Ombudsmen: Do the
Pieces Fit?
lanChristoplos 125

US Government Natural Disaster Assistance: Historical Analysis
and a Proposal for the Future
Barry J.Barnett 139

Race, Ethnicity and Disasters in the United States: A
Review of the Literature
Alice Fothergill, Enrique G.M. Maestas and JoAnne DeRouen Darlington 156

Community-based Disaster Management during the 1997 Red
River Flood in Canada
Jerry Buckland and Matiur Rahman 174

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VOL. 23, NO. 3 , 1999





Criteria for Evaluating the Condition of a Tropical Cyclone
Warning System
Dennis Parker 193




Crisis Management to Controlled Recovery: The
Emergency Planning Response to the Bombing of
Manchester City Centre
ShJdrt Batho, Lynne Russell and Gwyndaf Williams 217



Burma: The Political Economy of Violence
Cafrherine Brown 234



Reports ancf Cominenfs



Waiting for Peace: Perspectives from Action-oriented
Research on the Humanitarian Imposse in the Caucasus
Greg Hansen and Larry Minear 257



Boole Reviews
Popuahon and food: Global Trends and Future Prospects
(Tim Dyson)
a J. Shaw 271



Vokamc Plumes
(R. SJ. Sparks, M. I. Bursik, S. N. Carey,J. S, Gilbert, L, S. Gtaze,
H. Sigurdsson and A. W, Woods)
Clive Oppenheimer 273



Hungry Ghosh: Mao's Secret Famine
(Jasper Backer)
Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rurat Society and Institutional Change
Since the Great Leap Forward
(Dah LYang)
Robert Ash 274

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