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Emergency politics: paradox, law, democracy

By Bonnie , Honig

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN
9780691152592, 0691152594
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1120132 bytes)
Pages
197\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Emergency;Sovereignty;Democracy;Development;Law;Th

Description

Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures. Acknowledgments xi Preface xv Introduction: Surviving 1 Chapter One: Beginnings 12 Chapter Two: Emergence 40 Chapter Three: Decision 65 Chapter Four: Orientation 87 Chapter Five: Proximity 112 Aftermath 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 181 Index 193

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