The Next Crisis - by Danny Dorling (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Danny Dorling explores our principal planetary concerns: what the cost of living shows us about inequality. How the connection between employment and immigration is used to stir up anxiety. Why we are frightened by distant wars. How corruption corrodes care. What we should really be worried about when it comes to climate change-and what the scientists get wrong about people's fears. And, finally, how the great "unknown unknowns" dictate our thoughts about the future and what we could worry about less: pandemics, asteroids, tsunamis, even each other. "The Next Crisis" employs the most up-to-date research to redraw our assumptions about the greatest threats to humanity. Dorling offers a series of solutions to help tackle, or at the very least come to terms with, an uncertain future"--

Book Synopsis

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, some-times 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 re-search 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.

Review Quotes

"The Next Crisisis an important case study in the importance of evidence-based enquiry. In his characteristic conversational style, Danny Dorling urges readers to think beyond the dominant narratives about crises, making use of data to reorient our understanding of what really worries the world. In doing so, he raises the profile of a set of crises that threaten people's sense of the future, outlining the issues in accessible terms and providing an urgent and compelling agenda for action. The Next Crisis is a direct, clear-sighted challenge for those seeking to tackle the problems that matter most."
--Arianne Shahvisi, author of Arguing For A Better World

"Magnificent, fascinating, empirical study of the great issues of our time. I would expect nothing less from the brilliant Professor Dorling"
--George Monbiot, author of Regenesis

"Dorling digs deep to understand crises - past, present and future. His conclusion is hopeful: that just as humans solved problems like cholera and the bubonic plague, so we can use politics and social organisation to collectively solve the next crisis. Read this if you need realism, cheer and hope"
--Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal

"Campaigners are often told that we need both statistics and stories to make the case for change, but few have taken this as seriously as Danny Dorling."
--Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level

About the Author

DANNY DORLING is Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. He appears regularly on TV and radio and writes for the Guardian, New Statesman and other papers. He advises the government and the Office for National Statistics. Among his books are Population 10 Billion; Injustice; Inequality and the 1%; Shattered Nation; Peak Injustice; and Seven Children.