Eklundh, Emmy  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5824-6503, Zevnik, Andreja and Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre, eds.
2018.
Politics of anxiety.
London:
Rowman and Littlefield International.
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Abstract
From the threats posed by austerity and the fears around global migration to the unsettled notion of resistance, our political world is permeated with anxieties. But what does this mean for our everyday lived political experience? Do governments provoke or encourage a sense of anxiety as a form of control and power? How do citizens react to, comply with, or resist, this sense of anxiety? This book interrogates the different faces of anxiety and provides a systematic engagement with its different manifestations. It uses different disciplinary approaches and methodologies to study political and social phenomena in order to paint a picture of the impact of anxiety, and how it governs and mobilises individuals. The key strength of these contributions comes from their theoretically informed analysis of empirical problems. Moving beyond the concept of the ‘risk society’ and the recurrence of cyclical capitalist crises, this book challenges the notion of the status quo to consider urges and desires for political change. By highlighting that anxiety is different from fear, the book examines new implications for the study of political events.
| Item Type: | Book - edited |
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| Book Type: | Edited Book |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR) |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Publisher: | Rowman and Littlefield International |
| ISBN: | 9781783489923 |
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| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2026 13:40 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128595 |
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