In search of radical planning: A crisis-driven imaginary and Thessaly’s disaster as an exemplar of neoliberal failure to secure social reproduction

Abstract

The unprecedented floods devastating the agricultural region of Thessaly, Central Greece, in 2023 were a major disaster in the country’s recent history, with ongoing effects. This Euro-commentary tries to uncover the crisis-driven governmental discourse put in place after the disaster as a moment in the wider global neoliberal depoliticized manipulation of similar events.

Keywords

Depoliticized manipulation disasters radical regional planning Thessaly

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