The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security

by Stephen J Collier, Andrew Lakoff, Stephen J. Collier

Book Overview

The origins and development of the modern American emergency state

From pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats. It is striking that, despite the diversity of these threats, experts and officials approach them in common terms: as future events that threaten to disrupt the vital, vulnerable systems upon which modern life depends.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691199280
• ISBN13: 9780691199283
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.9"