Capitalizing on catastrophe
Subtitle: neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction
By: edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
Contributors: Gunewardena, Nandini.; Schuller, Mark, 1973-
Series: Globalization and the environment series; Globalization and the environment
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780759111028; 9780759111035
Subjects: Disaster relief.; Humanitarian assistance -- Economic aspects.; Natural disasters.; Globalization -- Economic aspects.; Charities.; Capitalism -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index.
Table of contents: value: Human security versus neoliberal approaches to disaster recovery / Nandini Gunewardena; value: Deconstructing the disaster after the disaster : conceptualizing disaster capitalism / Mark Schuller; value: Through a glass, darkly : humanitarianism and empire / Antonio Donini; value: International tourism and disaster capitalism : the case of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras / Susan Stonich; value: Peddling paradise, rebuilding Serendib : the 100-meter refugees versus the tourism industry in post-tsunami Sri Lanka / Nandini Gunewardena; value: The resilience of vulnerable households : adjusting to neoliberal capitalism in the aftermath of Hurricane Iris / Sara E. Alexander; value: Race, class, and the politics of death : critical responses to Hurricane Katrina / Wahneema Lubiano; value: Disaster, displacement, and employment : distortion of labor markets during post-Katrina reconstruction / Gregory Button and Anthony Oliver-Smith; value: Class inequality, liberal bad faith, and neoliberalism : the true disaster of Katrina / Adolph Reed Jr.; value: Capitalization of post-9/11 recovery / Bettina Damiani; value: The foul odor of capital : the union carbide disaster in Bhopal, India / Elizabeth Guillette; value: "Haiti is finished!" Haiti's end of history meets the ends of capitalism / Mark Schuller; value: After the storm : the aftermath of Guatemala's post-civil war / Anna Belinda Sandoval Girón; value: Conclusion: Envisioning alternatives : seven pragmatic proposals to advance human security in disaster assistance and recovery / Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.