Capitalizing on Catastrophe
Subtitle: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: April 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780759111035
Subjects: Social impact of disasters; Disasters & Disaster Relief; Non-Classifiable; Social Science; Sociology
Description: "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." --Book Jacket.