The institutionalisation of disaster risk reduction : South Africa and neoliberal governmentality / / Gideon van Riet

• Autore: Riet Gideon van.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 363.3480954
• Soggetto topico: Emergency management - South Africa
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Politics and government
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The institutionalisation of disaster risk reduction
• ISBN: 1-315-46409-8; 1-315-46408-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154873103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change.