Problem
Deliberate invention of new threats
Other Names:
Invention of new social problems Nature:
As particular problems of society cease to be a threat, the experts, bureaucrats and institutions dependent on the funding allocated in response to those threats find themselves under pressure to invent new threats, or new variants on old threats, in order to ensure their survival. Incidence:
In 1990, this issue emerged as a consequence of the reduction in world tensions and associated defence budgets. It also occurs with the dismantling of any security system, whether a network of informers or in any form of demobilization. Broader Problems:
Unwillingness to resolve problems Narrower Problems:
Planned weapons Related Problems:
Forced disappearance of persons Aggravates:
Unsolved problemsInconsistent risk evaluation Strategies:
Inventing new threats Subject(s):
Societal Problems → Societal problems Invention → Invention
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST