Politics of Uncertainty

Name: Politics of Uncertainty
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of UncertaintyChallenges of Transformation\nAuthor(s): Ian Scoones, Andy Stirling\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367903374, 978-0367903374\nSynopsis\nWhy is uncertainty so important to politics today? To explore the underlying reasons, issues and challenges, this books chapters address finance and banking, insurance, technology regulation and critical infrastructures, as well as climate change, infectious disease responses, natural disasters, migration, crime and security and spirituality and religion.\n\nThe book argues that uncertainties must be understood as complex constructions of knowledge, materiality, experience, embodiment and practice. Examining in particular how uncertainties are experienced in contexts of marginalisation and precarity, this book shows how sustainability and development are not just technical issues, but depend deeply on political values and choices. What burgeoning unce.