Disasters, risks and revelation : making sense of our times

Author(s)

• Matthewman, Steve

Bibliographic Information

Disasters, risks and revelation : making sense of our times

Steve Matthewman

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Note

Bibliographical references: p.169-194

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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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Details

• NCID: BB22646003
• ISBN:
  • 9781137294258
• LCCN: 2015012941
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 204 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV553
  • DC23 : 363.34
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Disasters -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Risk -- Sociological aspects