Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
"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...
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Lanham, Md. :
AltaMira Press,
[2008]
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| Series: | Globalization and the environment.
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| 300 | |a xiv, 273 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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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