Understanding and Acting Upon a Creeping Crisis
Boin, Arjen, Ekengren, Magnus, and Rhinard, Mark. 2021. In Understanding the Creeping Crisis, edited by Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren, Mark Rhinard, 1-17. 1st edition. Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
This chapter delves into how many crises are left unnoticed by decision-makers in the political sphere. Ultimately, the policymakers decide the threshold of what is considered to be a crisis. From this fact follows that many crises are unrecognised and creep underneath the surface in our society. Thus, a creeping crisis refers to crises that are not yet of political importance to be acted upon. In example, creeping crises often manifest in terms of cyberspace, outer space, climate change, pandemics, etc. The authors brilliantly explain why societies tend to give some crises attention while others are left unnoticed.
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