The Institutionalisation of Disaster Risk Reduction: South Africa and Neoliberal Governmentality (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change) - Tapa blanda

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Van Riet, Gideon

 
9780367670511: The Institutionalisation of Disaster Risk Reduction: South Africa and Neoliberal Governmentality (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)
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ISBN 10: 0367670518 ISBN 13: 9780367670511
Editorial: Routledge, 2020

Sinopsis

The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a ‘could-be’ risk management approach. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become entrenched as a dominant paradigm within the field of disaster management.

More than a decade after adopting DRR legislation in South Africa there remains a dearth of evidence that this has translated into substantive action. This book examines the institutionalisation of DRR in South Africa, conceived of as a political economy of knowledge production. Using a critical theory approach, the book does not consider why DRR is failing but instead asks ‘why DRR?’ As such, it explores possibilities beyond DRR’s narrow optic and offers new insights into disaster management through the lens of South Africa.

This is valuable reading for graduate students and academics working in disaster studies, geography, public policy and development/post-development studies, as well as policy makers.

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Gideon van Riet is Senior Lecturer in Political Studies at North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus in South Africa.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2020
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ISBN 10 
0367670518
ISBN 13 
9780367670511
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Número de edición
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Número de páginas
120
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