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9780759111035: Capitalizing On Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction
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ISBN 10 : 0759111030 ISBN 13 : 9780759111035
Editeur : AltaMira Press, 2008

Synopsis

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. Can private relief groups give the highest priority to potential and actual victims of large disasters, for example, if that means devoting fewer resources to protecting tourism and other profitable industries? The high-profile contributors to this volume straightforwardly tackle such timely and difficult questions of great public concern.

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À propos de l'auteur

Anthony Oliver –Smith is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida.

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Éditeur
AltaMira Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0759111030
ISBN 13 
9780759111035
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Éditeur
Gunewardena Nandini, Schuller Mark
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