State of Crisis

by Zygmunt Bauman and Carlo Bordoni

Book Overview

Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward. In our increasingly globalized world, states have been stripped of much of their power to shape the course of events. Many of our problems are globally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074568095X
• ISBN13: 9780745680958
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"