Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: |
Chamlee-Wright Emily <1966->
![]() |
Titolo: |
The cultural and political economy of recovery : social learning in a post-disaster environment / / Emily Chamlee-Wright
![]() |
Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.3/2 |
303.32 | |
Soggetto topico: | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Social aspects |
Disasters - Social aspects - Gulf States | |
Disaster relief - Social aspects - Gulf States | |
Social learning - Gulf States | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Understanding the sources of resilience; Part I: Theoretical frame and methodology; 1 The nature and causes of social order as seen through post-disaster recovery; 2 Qualitative methods and the pursuit of economic understanding; Part II: Deploying socially embedded resources in a post-disaster context; 3 Collective action in the wake of disaster: Social capital rebuilding strategies of early returnees |
4 Social capital, community narratives, and recovery within a Vietnamese-American neighborhood5 Collective narratives and entrepreneurial discovery in St. Bernard Parish; 6 Negotiating structure and agency in the Ninth Ward: Sense of place and divine purpose in post-disaster recovery; Part III: Political-economy and social learning in non-priced environments; 7 The deleterious effects of signal noise in post-disaster recovery; 8 Expectations anchoring and the civil society vacuum: Lessons for public policy; 9 Concluding remarks; Part IV: Appendices | |
Appendix A: Demographic summaries of research subjects in neighborhoods of interestAppendix B: Sample interview guide; Notes; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In August 2005 the nation watched as Hurricane Katrina pummelled the Gulf Coast. Residents did not just suffer the personal costs of a home that had been severely damaged or destroyed; frequently they also lost their entire neighbourhood and the social systems that under normal circumstances made their lives ""work"". Katrina raised the questions of whether and how communities could solve the complex social coordination problems catastrophic disaster poses, and what inhibits them from doing so? Professor Chamlee-Wright investigates not only the nature of post-disaster recovery, but t |
Titolo autorizzato: | The cultural and political economy of recovery ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-135-14655-1 |
1-135-14656-X | |
1-282-57003-X | |
9786612570032 | |
0-203-85592-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809115103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |