Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea.

dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Joelien
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-04T07:55:10Z
dc.date.available2021-02-04T07:55:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractHelen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape in South Africa, has made two startling claims about the water crisis in the province. She says there will be anarchy when the taps run dry, and that normal policing will be inadequate. She stated this as fact. Neither claim has any basis in truth. But they reflect an “elite panic”: society’s elite’s fear of social disorder. We see this when public officials and the media draw on stereotypes of public panic and disorder, or, in Zille’s words, “anarchy”en_US
dc.identifier.citationPretorius, J. (2018). Why treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea. The Conversation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theconversation.com/why-treating-water-scarcity-as-a-security-issue-is-a-bad-idea-90951
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5832
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Conversation Africaen_US
dc.subjectWater policyen_US
dc.subjectSecuritisationen_US
dc.subjectWestern Capeen_US
dc.subjectRacialen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.titleWhy treating water scarcity as a security issue is a bad idea.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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