Contextualizing Disaster

Bibliographic Data

ID5770155
AuthorsBurbach Mander, W A Norton, Martha Thompson, Kum‐kum Bhavnani, John E Foran, Priya Kurian (0000-0002-8138-4602), W Beau Mitchell, Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis (0000-0002-4048-6856), Peter Beyond
EditorsGregory V Button, Mark Schuller
Year2016
Pages214
Publication date2016-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueContextualizing Disaster (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1515/9781789204773
OpenAlexW4386313344
Open LibraryOL53265478M
ISBN9781789204773
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited33

of the two such as "neoliberal globalization," has produced both wealth and inequality at an unprecedented scale.Following the demise of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, capitalism has emerged as the dominant economic paradigm, expressed as triumphalism, as found in Fukuyama's phrase "End of History" ( ) or in Margaret Thatcher's declaration, "There is no alternative."Social science research has debated the contours of the transformation of state authority, responsibility, and ability engendered by globalization.Activists, particularly those from the global South such as Walden Bello, Arundhati Roy, and Vandana Shiva, denounce what they see as neoliberal globalization's erosion or undermining of state authority (e

Geography · Political science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · History · Catastrophes naturelles · Couverture de presse · Disasters · Écologie politique · General · Globalism · Globalization · Mondialisation · Natural Disasters · Political ecology · Press coverage · Social aspects · Social Science