Aberfan : government and disasters / Iain McLean and Martin Johnes.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cardiff : Welsh Academic Press, 2000Description: xiv, 274 p. : [8] p. of plates : ill., portsISBN:- 086057033X (pbk)
- Coal mines and mining -- Wales -- Aberfan -- Accidents
- Emergency management -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- Landslides -- Wales -- Aberfan
- Aberfan (Wales) -- History
- Wales -- Economic conditions -- Case studies
- Wales -- Environmental conditions -- Case studies
- Wales -- Social conditions -- Case studies
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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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