Grenfell Tower: Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism

ISBN-13: 9783319968506 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 74 str.

John Preston

Opis

The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This was exemplified by the `stay put' strategy at Grenfell Tower which has historically been used to socially control racialised working class groups in a disaster.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Preparedness Inevitably Fails.- Chapter 2: The Grenfell Tower Fire: ‘Stay Put’ and Eliminationism.- Chapter 3: Billionaire Bunkers and Disaster Capitalism. 

O autorze

John Preston is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK and an ESRC Leadership Fellow for the Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research.