Capitalizing On Catastrophe - Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction

Informationen zum Autor Nandini Gunewardena is adjunct professor at Western Washington University. Mark Schuller is assistant professor of anthropology and African American studies at the City University of New York. Klappentext Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of "disaster capitalism!" in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies. Zusammenfassung Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of "disaster capitalism!" in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part I. Framing the Capitalization of Catastrophes Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Human Security versus Neoliberal Approaches to Disaster Recovery Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Deconstructing the Disaster after the Disaster: Conceptualizing Disaster Capitalism Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Through a Glass! Darkly: Humanitarianism and Empire Part 5 Part II. Tourism as Reconstruction Chapter 6 Chapter 4. International Tourism and Disaster Capitalism: The Case of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras Chapter 7 Chapter 5. Peddling Paradise! Rebuilding Serendib: The 100-Meter Refugees versus the Tourism Industry in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka Chapter 8 Chapter 6. The Resilience of Vulnerable Households: Adjusting to Neoliberal Capitalism in the Aftermath of Hurricane Iris Part 9 Part III. Exposing Katrina: Class! Race! and Displacement Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Race! Class! and the Politics of Death: Critical Responses to Hurricane Katrina Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Disaster! Displacement and Employment: Distortion of Labor Markets During Post-Katrina Reconstruction Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Class Inequality! Liberal Bad Faith! and Neoliberalism: the True Disaster of Katrina Part 13 Part IV. Prolonging Recovery: Bypassing Accountability and Transparency Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Capitalization of Post-9/11 Recovery Chapter 15 Chapter 11. The Foul Odor of Capital: The Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal! India Part 16 Part V. Dividends of Conflict: Reconstruction as Reform Chapter 17 Chapter 12. "Haiti is Finished!" Haiti's End of History Meets the Ends of Capitalism Chapter 18 Chapter 13. After the Storm: The Aftermath of Guatemala's Post-Civil War Part 19 Part VI. Conclusion: Envisioning Alternatives: Seven Pragmatic Proposals to Advance Human Security in Disaster Assistance and Recovery ...

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• Authors: Nandini Gunewardena, Nandini (EDT)/ Schuller Gunewardena
• Assisted by: Nandini Gunewardena (Editor), Mark Schuller (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2008
• EAN: 9780759111035
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1103-5
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Globalization and the Environment; Globalization and the Environm; Globalization and the Environment
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research