Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini G...
Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini G...
Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
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Publisher
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2008.
Call Numbers
N363.348/28
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Human security versus neoliberal approaches to disaster recovery / Nandini Gunewardena -- Deconstructing the disaster after the disaster : conceptualizing disaster capitalism / Mark Schuller -- Through a glass, darkly : humanitarianism and empire / Antonio Donini -- International tourism and disaste...
Publication information
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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 devastatio...
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Capitalizing on catastrophe : neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction / edited by Nandini Gunewardena and Mark Schuller.
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General note
Globalization and the environment series.
Globalization and the environment series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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Call Numbers
N363.348/28
Record Identifier
74VM80Rbwqwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM80Rbwqwd
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ISBN
9780759111035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759111022 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759111028 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759111030 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
363.348
MMS ID
991000279109702626
