Disasters, risks and revelation : making sense of our times

著者

• Matthewman, Steve

書誌事項

Disasters, risks and revelation : making sense of our times

Steve Matthewman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

注記

Bibliographical references: p.169-194

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and severity. Drawing on both disaster research and social theory, this book offers a critical examination of their causes, consequences and future avoidance.

目次

1. Introduction 2. Sociology and Disasters 3. Accidents, Disasters and Revelation 4. The New Normal 5. Riskworld? New Species of Trouble 6. Political Economy, I: Capitalism and Disaster 7. Political Economy, II: Capitalism as Disaster 8. Everyday Disaster: Notes on Low Visibility Catastrophe 9. Conclusions

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB22646003
• ISBN:
  • 9781137294258
• LCCN: 2015012941
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 204 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HV553
  • DC23 : 363.34
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Disasters -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Risk -- Sociological aspects