Politics of Uncertainty - Challenges of Transformation

Why is uncertainty so important to politics today? Examining in particular how uncertainties are experienced in contexts of marginalisation and precarity, this book shows how sustainability and development are not just technical issues, but depend on deeply political values and choices.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Uncertainty and the Politics of Transformation (Ian Scoones and Andy Stirling) 2. The Assault of Financial Futures on the Rest of Time (Timo Walter and Leon Wansleben) 3. Sharing Risks or Proliferating Uncertainties? Insurance, Disaster and Development (Leigh Johnson) 4. The Unravelling of Technocratic Orthodoxy? Contemporary Knowledge Politics in Technology Regulation (Patrick van Zwanenberg) 5. Control, Manage or Cope? A Politics for Risks, Uncertainties and Unknown-Unknowns (Emery Roe) 6. Expanding Cities: Living, Planning and Governing Uncertainty (Matthew Cook, Federico Cugurullo, James Evans, Sobia Ahmad Kaker and Saska Petrova) 7. Uncertainty in Modelling Climate Change: The Possibilities of Co-production Through Knowledge Pluralism (Lyla Mehta and Shilpi Srivastava) 8. Disease Outbreaks: Navigating Uncertainties in Preparedness and Response (Hayley MacGregor, Santiago Ripoll and Melissa Leach) 9. Disasters, Humanitarianism and Emergencies: A Politics of Uncertainty (Mark Pelling, Detlef Mueller-Mahn and John McCloskey) 10. Intertwining the Politics of Uncertainty, Mobility and Immobility (Dorte Thorsen) 11. Disputing Security and Risk: The Convoluted Politics of Uncertainty (Helena Farrand Carrapico, Narzanin Massoumi, William McGowan and Gabe Mythen) 12. Unsettling the Apocalypse: Uncertainty in Spirituality and Religion (Nathan Oxley)

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ian Scoones is a professor at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre.
Andy Stirling is a professor at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex and is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre.

Zusammenfassung

Why is uncertainty so important to politics today? Examining in particular how uncertainties are experienced in contexts of marginalisation and precarity, this book shows how sustainability and development are not just technical issues, but depend on deeply political values and choices.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ian (University of Sussex Scoones
• Mitarbeit: Ian Scoones (Herausgeber), Scoones Ian (Herausgeber), Andy Stirling (Herausgeber), Stirling Andy (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367903374
• ISBN: 978-0-367-90337-4
• Seiten: 196
• Serie: Pathways to Sustainability
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; NATURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / Financial Risk Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, environmental science, engineering & technology, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Environmental science, engineering and technology