The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a could-be risk management approach. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become entrenched as a dominant paradigm within the field of disaster management.
More than a decade after adopting DRR legislation in South Africa there remains a dearth of evidence that this has translated into substantive action. This book examines the institutionalisation of DRR in South Africa, conceived of as a political economy of knowledge production. Using a critical theory approach, the book does not...
The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a could-be risk management approach. Disast...
This book examines the politics of crime and the response to it in Potchefstroom, a small settler colonial city in South Africa. It draws on the city’s everyday practices and experiences of physical and virtual security to offer local bottom-up insights into private security.
This book examines the politics of crime and the response to it in Potchefstroom, a small settler colonial city in South Africa. It draws on the cityâ...
