The political use of a national crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction
5. Discourse in crisis, crisis in discourse 3
6. ‘Crisis’ in Modernity 67
7. Part I: Organizational discourse
8. Serving a high-risk warrant 101
9. Misalignments in Finnish emergency call openings 131
10. Collaboration in crisis 159
11. Part II: Political discourse
12. The political use of a national crisis 187
13. Reflections in the eyes of a dying tiger 215
14. Local community leaders’ constructions of women’s interests and needs 239
15. The financial crisis hits hard 273
16. Part III: Media discourse
17. Red or Yellow, Peace or War 301
18. The 2008 urban riots in Greece 323
19. Benefit or burden? 363
20. Mexico City and the H1N1 health crisis 395
21. Polarization in the media representation of terrorism crises 435
22. Epilogue
23. A paradoxical approach to crisis 465
24. Notes on contributors 477
25. Name index 483
26. Subject index 485