Critical Disaster Studies Remes Jacob A. C.
Critical Disaster Studies Remes Jacob A. C. This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. By questioning the concept of disaster itself, critical disaster studies…
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Critical Disaster Studies Remes Jacob A. C.
This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. By questioning the concept of disaster itself, critical disaster studies reveals the stakes of defining people or places as vulnerable, resilient, or at risk.As social constructs, disaster, vulnerability, resilience, and risk shape and are shaped by contests over power. Unlike most existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins with the idea that disasters are not objective facts, but rather are interpretive fictions--and they shape the way people see the world.
In reality, the goals are subjective, and usually contested. Managers and technocrats often herald the goals of disaster response and recovery as objective, quantifiable, or self-evident. Critical disaster studies attends to the ways powerful people often use claims of technocratic expertise to maintain
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