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Informationen zum Autor Ronald J. Angel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. Holly Bell is Research Scientist at the Center for Social Work Research in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas, Austin. Julie Beausoleil is an Affiliate Research Associate with the Center for Social Work Research in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas Austin. Laura Lein is Dean and Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Klappentext Uses interviews with evacuees and service provider reports to analyse the response to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. Zusammenfassung Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. Using extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers! Community Lost identifies what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin! Texas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. After the storm: the state, civil society, and the response to Katrina; 2. An emerging methodology for a crisis situation; 3. Life before the storm: the old community; 4. Evacuation and arrival in Austin; 5. The limited transportability of social capital; 6. NGOs and the grassroots response; 7. The state and basic welfare: housing, employment, and identification; 8. Health care and the limitations of society; 9. The new social contract: the state, civil society, and social capital.
