Introduction -- Responding to the unspeakable -- Spectacular publics -- Surrogate publics -- Contestatory publics -- Collaborative publics -- Populist publics -- Patient publics -- Like a kite in a hurricane -- APPENDIX: Notes on data and methods -- References -- Index
Summary
This book is about the ways in which disaster-affected communities perform their misery to secure political gains. It argues that democratic politics can take root in contexts of widespread depravity and dispossession and is a testament to both the resilience and fragility of the democratic project when faced with existential threats
