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Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, ©2008.
Description
xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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HV553 .C23 2008
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Disaster relief
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Humanitarian assistance
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Economic aspects
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Natural disasters
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Globalization
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Economic aspects
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Charities
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Capitalism
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Gunewardena, Nandini
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Schuller, Mark, 1973-
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Globalization and the environment
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Summary note
"In Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book's principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with natural disasters and other forms of large-scale devastation, from hurricanes and tsunamis to civil wars and industrial accidents."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index.
Contents
Human security versus neoliberal approaches to disaster recovery / Nandini Gunewardena
Deconstructing the disaster after the disaster : conceptualizing disaster capitalism / Mark Schuller
Through a glass, darkly : humanitarianism and empire / Antonio Donini
International tourism and disaster capitalism : the case of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras / Susan Stonich
Peddling paradise, rebuilding Serendib : the 100-meter refugees versus the tourism industry in post-tsunami Sri Lanka / Nandini Gunewardena
The resilience of vulnerable households : adjusting to neoliberal capitalism in the aftermath of Hurricane Iris / Sara E. Alexander
Race, class, and the politics of death : critical responses to Hurricane Katrina / Wahneema Lubiano
Disaster, displacement, and employment : distortion of labor markets during post-Katrina reconstruction / Gregory Button and Anthony Oliver-Smith
Class inequality, liberal bad faith, and neoliberalism : the true disaster of Katrina / Adolph Reed Jr.
Capitalization of post-9/11 recovery / Bettina Damiani
The foul odor of capital : the union carbide disaster in Bhopal, India / Elizabeth Guillette
"Haiti is finished!" Haiti's end of history meets the ends of capitalism / Mark Schuller
After the storm : the aftermath of Guatemala's post-civil war / Anna Belinda Sandoval Girón
Conclusion: Envisioning alternatives : seven pragmatic proposals to advance human security in disaster assistance and recovery / Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
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ISBN
0759111022 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780759111028 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0759111030 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780759111035 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2007039967
OCLC
173683631
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