Perspectives on crises a multidimensional approach to law and politics Jorge Emilio Núñez, editor

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Núñez, Jorge E., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Crisis management.

Climate change mitigation.

Dignity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"What if the next global crisis is already here—and we’re still tackling it with yesterday’s tools? This book confronts this question head-on, offering a bold, multidimensional rethinking of how humanity can navigate overlapping emergencies—pandemics, climate collapse, deepening inequality—without sacrificing sovereignty or dignity. Drawing on original contributions from leading scholars and activists across five continents, this book delivers an in-depth, comparative analysis of real-world legal, political, and community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening global crisis. The chapters trace how crises magnify structural vulnerabilities, expose failures in governance, and simultaneously reveal unexpected spaces for resistance and innovation—from Indigenous legal activism in Brazil and civic water-protection initiatives in India and Costa Rica, to evolving greenhouse-gas regulation in the United States and Brazil, and the still-unrealised potential of cooperation within the BRICS countries. The approach used is deliberately multidimensional: no single discipline’s or nation-state’s perspective dominates. Instead, the authors weave together legal theory, political philosophy, environmental justice, and on-the-ground empirical insights to challenge unidimensional thinking and propose practical pathways toward coordinated pluralism. Particular attention is given to the tension between sovereignty and shared responsibility, the relational nature of dignity in times of triage and scarcity, and the urgent need for multiscalar governance that learns across borders rather than replicating national silos. his book will be of considerable interest to researchers and scholars of international law, climate justice, human rights, global governance, and political theory—and to activists, policymakers, and practitioners seeking intellectually rigorous yet actionable responses to the polycrisis we already find ourselves in. Perspectives on Crises does not offer easy answers. Rather, it equips readers with more precise questions—and more honest tools—to help them face what comes next"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

Perspectives on crises : Introduction / Jorge Emilio Núñez

A legal ethics of the vulnerability of human beings : Human dignity and responsibility to rethinking the present time / José-Antonio Santos

Human dignity, right to health, and balancing : With special focus on vulnerability in a public health emergency / Wei Feng and Jingshu Wang

Indigenous dignity under threat in the Brazilian COVID-19 pandemic / Jairo Lima and Andrei Domingos Fonseca

Response to Part I : Human dignity in times of crisis : A contested concept / Natalina Stamile and Kay Lalor

Regulating greenhouse gases as criteria pollutants in the United States and Brazil / Oswaldo Lucon

BRICS response to climate governance crisis in pandemic times / Douglas de Castro and Danielle Mendes Thame Denny

Repairing water in the face of climate change : A tale of two communities / Gabriela Cuadrado-Quesada

Response to Part II : Global perspectives from law and policy on the climate crisis / Carla-Leanne Washbourne

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed May 13, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Perspectives on crises

ISBN:

9783032238368

3032238366

OCLC:

1590919996

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license