Political and Policy Basis of EM

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• Table of Contents
• Course Syllabus
• Appendix A - Student Survey
• Session 1 – Course Orientation
• Session 2 – Political and Policy System in Brief
• Session 3 – U.S. Hazards and Disasters in the era of Homeland Security
• Session 4 – Emergency Managers and the Fundamentals of Emergency Management
• Session 5 - Executive Policy and Political Issues
• Session 6 - Legislative Political Issues and Disaster
• Session 7 - Disaster Laws
• Session 8 – Disaster Budgeting
• Quiz 1 - Sessions 1-8
• Session 9 – The Federal Organization and Policy
• Session 10 – State and Local Political and Organizational Issues
• Session 11 - Intergovernmental Relations
• Session 12 – Civil Military Relations in Emergency Management
• Session 13 – The Public, Interest Groups, and Disasters
• Session 14 – Non-Profit Volunteer Organizations
• Session 15 – The News Media
• Quiz 2 - Sessions 9-15
• Session 16 – Geosciences Policy: Earthquakes, Other Seismic Disasters
• Session 17 – Policy Science: Floods
• Session 18 – Policy Science: Tornadoes and Severe Storms
• Session 19 – Policy Science: Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
• Session 20 - Terrorism and Emergency Management
• Session 21 – The American Fire Community
• Session 22 - Nuclear Power and Hazardous Materials Disaster
• Quiz 3 - Sessions 16-22
• Session 23 - Special Topics: 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund vs. Conventional Disaster Relief Furnished to Victims of Hurricane Katrina
• Session 24 - Special Topics: Political Theories and Emergency Management
• Quiz 4 - Sessions 23-24