02528oam 2200481I 450 991015487310332120240505155841.01-315-46409-81-315-46408-X10.4324/9781315464091 (CKB)4340000000019256(MiAaPQ)EBC4756142(OCoLC)967394423(EXLCZ)99434000000001925620180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe institutionalisation of disaster risk reduction South Africa and neoliberal governmentality /Gideon van Riet1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (133 pages) illustrations, mapRoutledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate ChangeRoutledge Focus1-138-20677-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.1. A genealogy of disaster risk assessment and management -- 2. South Africa's disaster risk profile -- 3. Writing structural violence : conceptualising ordinary South African being -- 4. Modes of institutionalisation -- 5. Knowledge production -- 6. Multiple dystopias.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 DRM in South Africa. Using a Critical Theory approach, the book does not consider why DRR is failing but instead asks 'why DRR?' It explores possibilities beyond DRR's narrow optic and offers new insights into disaster management.Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change.Emergency managementSouth AfricaSouth AfricaPolitics and governmentEmergency management363.3480954Riet Gideon van.916780MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154873103321The institutionalisation of disaster risk reduction2055255UNINA