Capitalizing on Catastrophe Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction

Name: Capitalizing on Catastrophe Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction
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ISBN: 9780759111035

ISBN-10: 0759111030

ISBN-13: 9780759111035

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nandini Gunewardena, Mark Schuller, Sara E. Alexander, Gregory Button, Bettina Damiani

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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 natural disasters and other forms of large-scale devastation, from hurricanes and tsunamis to civil wars and industrial accidents. Called "disaster capitalism" by its critics, the tendency to contract private interests to solve massive, urgent public problems may be inevitable but is extremely problematic-especially with respect to peoples who need help the most. For example, can private relief groups give…

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 2/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword




Framing the Capitalization of Catastrophes



Human Security versus Neoliberal Approaches to Disaster Recovery




Deconstructing the Disaster after the Disaster: Conceptualizing Disaster Capitalism




Through a Glass, Darkly: Humanitarianism and Empire




Tourism as Reconstruction



International Tourism and Disaster Capitalism: The Case of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras




Peddling Paradise, Rebuilding Serendib: The 100-Meter Refugees versus the Tourism Industry in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka




The Resilience of Vulnerable Households: Adjusting to Neoliberal Capitalism in the Aftermath of Hurricane Iris




Exposing Katrina: Class, Race, and Displacement



Race, Class, and the Politics of Death: Critical Responses to Hurricane Katrina




Disaster, Displacement, and Employment: Distortion of Labor Markets during Post-Katrina Reconstruction




Class Inequality, Liberal Bad Faith, and Neoliberalism: The True Disaster of Katrina




Prolonging Recovery: Bypassing Accountability and Transparency



Capitalization of Post-9/11 Recovery




The Foul Odor of Capital: The Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal, India




Dividends of Conflict: Reconstruction as Reform



"Haiti Is Finished!" Haiti's End of History Meets the Ends of Capitalism




After the Storm: The Aftermath of Guatemala's Post-Civil War



Conclusion: Envisioning Alternatives: Seven Pragmatic Proposals to Advance Human Security in Disaster Assistance and Recovery



References


Index


About the Contributors