Overview

Claims to 'crisis' reverberate across societal and academic discourses, as people around the world face dire situations and detrimental challenges. Yet, the study of crisis tends to remain siloed and therefore oblivious to the multi-dimensional nature of crisis, which inhibits learning from one type of crisis to the next. Bringing together a broad team of contributors, this book argues for a new interdisciplinary field of crisis studies. Covering a range of cases, the book critically explores the intersections of socio-economic, political, climate, and health factors to unravel the dynamic and transformative forces of crisis. In doing so, the book contributes novel insights into human precariousness and resilience in times of crisis shaped by global-local inequities, 'post-fact' discourses, and politics.

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Author:   Helle Rydstrom (Lund University) ,  Mo Hamza (Lund University) ,  Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen (University of Copenhagen) ,  Vanja Berggren (Karolinska Institute)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529246384

ISBN 10:   1529246385
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   18 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Crisis: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives 1. Crisis as Experience and Politics – Didier Fassin 2. The Case for Interdisciplinary Crisis Studies – Annika Bergman-Rosamond, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Mo Hamza, Jeff Hearn, Vasna Ramasarand Helle Rydstrom 3. Refugee Crises: An Architype for Crisis Studies – Roger Zetter 4. Crisis and Society: Developing the Theory of Crisis in the Context of COVID-19 – Sylvia Walby 5. Slow Crisis in Bissau and Beyond – Henrik Vigh 6. The ‘Hardship’ of Ordinary Crises: Gendered Precariousness and Horizons of Coping in Vietnam’s Industrial Zones – Helle Rydstrom 7. The Place and Potential of Crisis/Crises in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities – Jeff Hearn 8. Surviving in Overcome Heights: Living In and alongside Crisis in Cape Town – Steffen Bo Jensen and Nanna Schneidermann 9. Chronic Crisis and Nuclear Disaster Humanitarianism: Recuperation of Chernobyl and Fukushima Children in Italy – Ekatherina Zhukova 10. Crisis Futures: COVID-19 and the Speculative Turning Point of History – Ravinder Kaur 11. The Ends of Perpetual Crisis – Janet Roitman 12. A Decisive Moment: Human Rights or Authoritarianism? It Is a Choice – Morten Kjaerum

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Helle Rydstrom is Professor at the Division of Gender Studies at Lund University, Sweden. Mo Hamza is Professor at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety at Lund University, Sweden. Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is Professor at and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Vanja Berggren is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

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