De Volgende Crisis

WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE TO MOST PEOPLE. AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. Every month, surveys around the world ask people to tell them what they are really thinking. The results are at times reassuring, sometimes chilling and often unexpected. In The Next Crisis, leading UK geographer Danny Dorling unpacks polling data and shows that our global crises are often very different from what's in the headlines - and that we need to take these issues very seriously. Dorling explores our main concerns about the world in order of urgency. What the cost of living shows us about inequality. How the connection between employment and immigration is used to stir up insecurity. Why we are frightened by distant wars. How corruption corrodes care. What we should really be worried about when it comes to climate change - including what the scientists get wrong about people's fears. And finally, how the great 'unknown unknowns' dictate the way we think about the future and what we should be less afraid of: pandemics, asteroids, tsunamis, even each other. The Next Crisis uses the most up-to-date research to redraw our assumptions about where our greatest threats come from. Dorling offers a series of solutions for tackling, or at the very least coming to terms with, our uncertain future.

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? LOSING YOUR JOB? CLIMATE CHANGE? WAR? LEADING POLITICAL COMMENTATOR DANNY DORLING EXAMINES THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE WORRY ABOUT AND THE CURRENT POLITICAL AGENDA The Next Crisis uses the latest research into national and global attitudes to redraw our assumptions about what constitutes the greatest threats to our well-being. Dorling examines what the cost of living tells us about inequality. How the connection between employment and immigration is used to stir up insecurity. Our fears of distant wars. How corruption corrodes care. And what we should really worry about when it comes to climate change - including what the scientists get wrong about people's fears. He delves into the threats we don't consider as well as what we should be less afraid of: pandemics, asteroids, tsunamis - and each other.