Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between the State and Community - Couverture souple

Illner, Peer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745339549 ISBN 13 : 9780745339542

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2020

Synopsis

Reductions in state spending have put significant strain on communities during disasters. When hurricanes, floods and earthquakes hit, the responsibility for emergency relief is shifted from the state onto civil society. Disasters and Social Reproduction builds upon Marxist-Feminist elaborations of unwaged forms of labour, arguing that social reproduction theory is best understood as a dynamic between the state, the market and civil society. Following the long economic crisis of the 1970s, disaster relief has become increasingly reliant on the unwaged reproductive labour of ordinary people, allowing the US state to cut back on social spending, a shift that has fundamentally reconfigured the responsibilities of the state and civil society. As sea levels rise, climate change worsens and we see an increase in disaster relief led by communities, this analysis of the interrelations between state, society and grassroots initiatives, including Occupy Sandy and the American Black Cross, will prove indispensable.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peer Illner is a guest lecturer at the University of Copenhagen and the Architectural Association.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745339549
• ISBN 13: 9780745339542
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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