Disasters, risks and revelation : making sense of our times /
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2015. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 204 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781137294258 : 1137294256 |
Index Number: | HV553 |
CLC: | D035.29 |
Call Number: | D035.29/M437 |
Contents: | Introduction -- Sociology and disasters -- Accidents, disasters and revelation -- The new normal -- Riskworld? New species of trouble -- Political economy, I: capitalism and disaster -- Political economy, II: capitalism as disaster -- Everyday disaster: notes on low visibility catastrophe -- Conclusions. |