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The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S. examines how natural disasters impact social inequality in the United States. The contributorsstudy social and political mechanisms in disaster response and relief that enable natural disasters to worsen inequalities in America.
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Inequities: Exploring New Paradigms and Relevant Evidence
Geoffrey L. Wood
Chapter 2: The Missing Link in Disaster Social Science
Peter Loebach and Julie Stewart
Chapter 3: Working for the Clampdown: The Impact of Hyper-Decentralization on Voter Registration & Ballot Access in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Paul Simon Adams
Chapter 4: Judging Worthiness: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and the Articulation of American National Identity
Amilcar Antonio Barreto
Chapter 5: "I Think They Capitalized... on a Lot of People's Loss": Perceptions of Reconstruction after the Tuscaloosa Tornado
Ariane Prohaska
Chapter 6: No Port in the Storm: Hurricanes and the Impact of Criminal Records
Pamela Ray Koch and Dennis Feaster
Chapter 7: Other Impacts of Natural Disasters: Media Framing, Crime, and Categorical Inequality
Timothy Holler and Renee Lamphere
Chapter 8: The Way Forward-How Do We Improve Outcomes and Create Solutions for People Impacted by Natural Disasters?
Paul Simon Adams and Geoffrey L. Wood
About the author
Paul S. Adams is associate professor of political science and chair of the Behavioral Sciences Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.
Geoffrey L. Wood is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Applied Research at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.
