Grenfell Tower Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism /

• Main Author: Preston, John (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social structure.; Social inequality.; Racism in the social sciences.; Citizenship-Sociological aspects.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Sociology of Racism.; Sociology of Citizenship.

The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the 'stay put' strategy at G...