1st Edition

Crisis, Movement, Management: Globalising Dynamics

Edited By James Goodman, Jonathan Marshall Copyright 2014
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Globalised neo-liberalism has produced multiple crises – social, ecological, political. In the past, crises of global order have generated large-scale social transformations, and the current crises likewise hold a transformative promise. Social movements become a crucial barometer, in signalling both the demise and rise of political formations and programs. Elite strategies, framed as crisis... Read more

1. Introduction: The Place of Crisis in Contemporary Globalisations  James Goodman and Jon Marshall

Section I: ‘Movement’

2. Ideological Transitions and Solidarity Formations in the Age of Global Economic Uncertainties  Hamed Hosseini, University of Newcastle

3. Crisis is Where We Live: Environmental Justice as Public Pedagogy  Donna Houston, Macquarie University

4. After Seattle: Rearticulation and Realignment in the Shadow of the Twin Towers  Liz Humphries, University of Sydney

5. Disorganised Processes for Mobilisation: Losing Control to Address Ecological Crises?  Melissa Edwards, University of Technology Sydney

6. Urban Development, (Tele-)embodied Engagements, and the Production of New Social Formations  Francesca Da Rimini, University of Technology Sydney

7. The Ideas of Movements and the Movement of Ideas: Crisis, Globalization and the Emergence of Global Political Ideologies  Manfred Steger, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and Erin Wilson, University of Groningen

Section II: ‘Management’

8. Riding the Hydra: Global Disaster Management in a World of Crises  Bob Hodge, University of Western Sydney

9. Networks: the Success of Communication Failure and the Financial Crisis  Jonathan Paul Marshall, University of Technology Sydney

10. Anxious Enclosures: Mapping Geographies of Neoliberalisation in Australia’s ‘Boat People’ Crises  Nour Dados, University of Sydney

11. Crisis, Disasters and Resilience: Securing Concepts and Standards in Networks of Research and Practice  Peter Rogers. Macquarie University

12. Politicisation, Legitimacy Deficits and Movement Leverage in the Crises of Global Governance  James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney

Biography

James Goodman researches social movements and globalization with a focus on global justice and climate change. He is coauthor of Justice Globalism: Ideology, Crises, Policy (Sage 2013) Disorder and the Disinformation Society, and Climate Upsurge: An Ethnography of Climate Movement Politics (both Routledge 2013).

Jonathan Paul Marshall is an anthropologist who primarily focuses on issues of technology, society and disorder. He is author of Living on Cybermind: Categories, Communication and Control (Peter Lang) and co-author of Disorder and the Disinformation Society (Routledge 2013).