Critical Explorations of Crisis
Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities
1st Edition
Published on 18. September 2025
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-5292-4638-4 (ISBN)
Description
Claims to 'crisis' reverberate across societal and academic discourses, as people around the world face dire situations and detrimental challenges. Yet, the study of crisis tends to remain siloed and therefore oblivious to the multi-dimensional nature of crisis, which inhibits learning from one type of crisis to the next. Bringing together a broad team of contributors, this book argues for a new interdisciplinary field of crisis studies. Covering a range of cases, the book critically explores the intersections of socio-economic, political, climate, and health factors to unravel the dynamic and transformative forces of crisis. In doing so, the book contributes novel insights into human precariousness and resilience in times of crisis shaped by global-local inequities, 'post-fact' discourses, and politics.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 241 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-4638-4 (9781529246384)
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Helle Rydstrom | Mo Hamza | Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
Critical Explorations of Crisis
Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities
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Persons
Helle Rydstrom is Professor at the Division of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden.
Mo Hamza is Professor at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety at Lund University, Sweden.
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is Professor at and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vanja Berggren is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Mo Hamza is Professor at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety at Lund University, Sweden.
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is Professor at and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vanja Berggren is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Content
'Crisis Times': Critical Explorations of Crisis Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities - Helle Rydstrom, Mo Hamza and Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
1. Crisis as Experience and Politics - Didier Fassin
2. The Case for Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies - Annika Bergman-Rosamond, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Mo Hamza, Jeff Hearn, Vasna Ramasarand Helle Rydstrom
3. Refugee Crises: An Architype for Crisis Studies - Roger Zetter
4. Crisis and Society: Developing the Theory of Crisis in the Context of COVID-19 - Sylvia Walby
5. Slow Crisis in Bissau and Beyond - Henrik Vigh
6. The 'Hardship' of Ordinary Crises: Gendered Precariousness and Horizons of Coping in Vietnam's Industrial Zones - Helle Rydstrom
7. The Place and Potential of Crisis/Crises in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities - Jeff Hearn
8. Surviving in Overcome Heights: Living In and alongside Crisis in Cape Town - Steffen Bo Jensen and Nanna Schneidermann
9. Chronic Crisis and Nuclear Disaster Humanitarianism: Recuperation of Chernobyl and Fukushima Children in Italy - Ekatherina Zhukova
10. Crisis Futures: COVID-19 and the Speculative Turning Point of History - Ravinder Kaur
11. The Ends of Perpetual Crisis - Janet Roitman
12. A Decisive Moment: Human Rights or Authoritarianism? It Is a Choice - Morten Kjaerum
1. Crisis as Experience and Politics - Didier Fassin
2. The Case for Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies - Annika Bergman-Rosamond, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Mo Hamza, Jeff Hearn, Vasna Ramasarand Helle Rydstrom
3. Refugee Crises: An Architype for Crisis Studies - Roger Zetter
4. Crisis and Society: Developing the Theory of Crisis in the Context of COVID-19 - Sylvia Walby
5. Slow Crisis in Bissau and Beyond - Henrik Vigh
6. The 'Hardship' of Ordinary Crises: Gendered Precariousness and Horizons of Coping in Vietnam's Industrial Zones - Helle Rydstrom
7. The Place and Potential of Crisis/Crises in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities - Jeff Hearn
8. Surviving in Overcome Heights: Living In and alongside Crisis in Cape Town - Steffen Bo Jensen and Nanna Schneidermann
9. Chronic Crisis and Nuclear Disaster Humanitarianism: Recuperation of Chernobyl and Fukushima Children in Italy - Ekatherina Zhukova
10. Crisis Futures: COVID-19 and the Speculative Turning Point of History - Ravinder Kaur
11. The Ends of Perpetual Crisis - Janet Roitman
12. A Decisive Moment: Human Rights or Authoritarianism? It Is a Choice - Morten Kjaerum