Capitalizing on Catastrophe

Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction
Herausgeber: Gunewardena, Nandini; Schuller, Mark

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Altamira Press
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780759111028
• ISBN-10: 0759111022
• Artikelnr.: 23305227

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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