In the late twentieth century, disasters seemed like distant
happenings in countries far away from the prosperous West. But
today they are ‘coming home’ with a vengeance. From global
warming to migration crises, from assaults on democracy to Covid-19
and the fall-out of war in Ukraine – the West is in the grip of
multiple, overlapping crises that keep its populations in a state
of perpetual fear and distraction.  Disasters should
be awakening us to the need to reform our disaster-producing
system. Yet instead, as David Keen shows in this disturbing
and original book, they are routinely being exploited for
political as well as economic gain. A number of crises,
whether slow-burning or sudden, are not only reinforcing each other
but also bolstering the toxic politics that helped to generate
them. One key problem here is the use of emergencies to vilify
those who are trying to relieve them or to highlight their root
causes. Unless these voices and alternative perspectives find
a way to break through, we risk being locked into a system of
emergency politics that is self-reinforcing rather than
self-correcting – and that routinely manufactures its own
legitimacy.
General
| Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
David Keen
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5095-5063-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-5095-5063-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781509550630 |
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