Simple Solutions to Complex Catastrophes Dialectics of Peace, Climate, Finance, and Health

• Main Author: Braithwaite, John
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2024; Springer Nature Switzerland; Palgrave Macmillan
• Edition: 1
• Series: Sustainable Development Goals Series
• Subjects: China; Climate Change; Comparative politics; COVID-19; Crime and criminology; Diplomacy; Famine; Financial crisis; Global governance; Interdisciplinary studies; International relations; Pandemic; Peace studies and conflict resolution; Politics and government; Politics of Hope; Politics of Peace; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regulation; Risk; SDG 16; Social services and welfare, criminology; Society and Social Sciences; States; Strong institutions; War; Weapons of Mass Destruction

This open access book sets out simple solutions to managing complex catastrophes. It focusses on four kinds of crises – climate change, crime-war cascades, epidemics and financial crises. These catastrophes are conceived as complex and prone to cascade effects. This book is optimistic in explaining...