Aberfan : government and disasters / Iain McLean and Martin Johnes.

By:

McLean, Iain

Contributor(s):

Johnes, Martin [jt. auth.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 2000Description: xiv, 274 p. : [8] p. of plates : ill., portsISBN:

086057033X (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.348094294 21

Subject: This book explains how the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible. It explains how all the organisations that should have protected the public interest failed to do so. By looking at subsequent disasters, including Zeebrugge, Hillsborough and Paddington, the authors consider what has been learned or ignored from Aberfan, such as the understanding of psychological trauma and the laws concerning 'corporate manslaughter' and charitable disaster funds.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-266) and index

This book explains how the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible. It explains how all the organisations that should have protected the public interest failed to do so. By looking at subsequent disasters, including Zeebrugge, Hillsborough and Paddington, the authors consider what has been learned or ignored from Aberfan, such as the understanding of psychological trauma and the laws concerning 'corporate manslaughter' and charitable disaster funds.

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