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Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster

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Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia’s history. Using this environmental incident in Indonesia as a case study, this book explores representations of disaster in scientific reports, public discourse, literature, and other cultural forms, observing the impact of these portrayals on the ways people both understand and respond to complicated environmental disasters. The author argues that power is expressed and contested in every representation of a disaster and its stakeholders. This book develops terminologies and perspectives that not only probe the social and ecological conditions that make disaster possible but also foster more effective and equitable strategies for adapting to a world fraught with hazards. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book makes a significant contribution to the fields of green cultural studies, disaster studies, science and technology studies and studies of political ecology in Southeast Asia.

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ISBN: 9780367889654
Publication date: 12th December 2019
Author: Phillip Drake
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 190 pages
Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Genres: Ethnic studies
Social and cultural history
Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
Natural disasters
Politics and government