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Scenes of Emergency: Dis/Re-Assembling the Promise of the UK Emergency State (2020)
Journal Article
Anderson, B. (2021). Scenes of Emergency: Dis/Re-Assembling the Promise of the UK Emergency State. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 39(7), 1356-1374. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654420954214

The paper traces the development of UK ‘state of emergency’ legislation through three ‘scenes of emergency’: the introduction of the Emergency Powers Act in 1920, a revision to the Act in 1964, and discussion within government departments about possi... Read More about Scenes of Emergency: Dis/Re-Assembling the Promise of the UK Emergency State.