1st Edition

Sociology of Crisis Visualising Urban Austerity

By Myrto Tsilimpounidi Copyright 2017
204 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The global financial crisis has demonstrated the impact and implications of late capitalism and its bedfellow, globalisation. In the European context, crisis is seen as a threat to the stability of the region, rather than a local or national concern. Post-2008, crisis is social and political, rather than merely financial, as Western countries witness the consequences of consumption, growth and... Read more

Introduction: Emergency and Emergence  Chapter 1. Sociology in (a Time of) Crisis  Chapter 2. Picturing Crisis  Chapter 3. Crisis and Time  Chapter 4. Crisis and the Other  Chapter 5. Crisis and the Body  Chapter 6. Crisis and Urban Space  Chapter 7. Crisis and Resistance  Conclusion: Endings and Beginnings  Index

Biography

Dr Myrto Tsilimpounidi is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Bratislava, Slovakia.