Silence and Catastrophe
New Reasons Why Politics Matters in the Early Years of the Twenty‐first Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10360784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Keane (0000-0002-6553-3313, Australian Human Rights Commission, corresponding author), John F Keane (0009-0005-4524-3457) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 660-668 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3179 • E-ISSN: 1467-923X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2012.02413.x |
| OpenAlex | W2004223249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
Megaprojects are systems of highly concentrated power whose footprints, or radius of effects, are without precedent in human history. Once upon a time, even under imperial conditions, most people on our planet lived and loved, worked and played within geographically limited communities. They never had to reckon with all of humanity as a factor in their daily lives. Whenever they acted recklessly within their environment, for instance, they had the option of moving on, safe in the knowledge that there was plenty of Earth and not many others. Whenever bad things happened, they happened within limits. Their effects were local. The politics of megaprojects radically alters this equation; it poses new questions about the governance of risk and the nature and limits of democratic politics. The politics of megaprojects—put simply—raises fundamental questions about the ‘life and death of democracy’
Aesthetics · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Humanity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Silence · Sociology · Ayn Rand and Brontë studies · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Law · Philosophy · Social Issues and Policies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |