Working Disasters: The Politics of Recognition and Response

by Eric Tucker

Every day, workers are injured, made ill, or killed on the job. Most often, workers experience these harms individually and in isolation. Particular occurrences rarely attract much public attention beyond, perhaps, a small paragraph in the local newspaper. Instead, these events are normalized. This membrane of normalcy, however, is ruptured from time to time, especially after a disaster. This edited collection draws together original case studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415784417
• ISBN13: 9780415784412
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"