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Crisis by Design
- Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
Engelsk Paperback
Crisis by Design
- Emergency Powers and Colonial Legality in Puerto Rico
Engelsk Paperback

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Devastating hurricanes, deteriorating infrastructure, massive public debt, and a global pandemic make up the continuous crises that plague Puerto Rico. In the last several years, this disastrous escalation has placed the archipelago more centrally on the radar of residents and politicians in the United States, as the US Congress established an oversight board with emergency powers to ensure Puerto Rico's economic survival—and its ability to repay its debt. These events should not be understood as a random string of compounding misfortune. Rather, as demonstrated by Jose Atiles in Crisis by Design, they result from the social, legal, and political structure of colonialism. Moreover, Atiles shows how administrations, through emergency powers and laws paired with the dynamics of wealth extraction, have served to sustain and exacerbate crises. He explores the role of the local government, corporations, and grassroots mobilizations. More broadly, the Puerto Rican case provides insight into the role of law and emergency powers in other global south, Caribbean, and racialized and colonized countries. In these settings, Atiles contends, colonialism is the ongoing catastrophe.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781503641174
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1503641171
Udg. Dato:
26 nov 2024
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
230mm
Højde:
153mm
Forlag:
Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato:
26 nov 2024
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