The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery Social learning in a post-disaster environment

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 th...

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Main Author: Chamlee-Wright, Emily
Format: eBook Book Publication
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2010
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:1
Series:Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics
Subjects:
Civil society
Commerce
Cultural Theory
Development Economics
Disaster relief
Disaster relief > Social aspects > Gulf States
Disasters
Disasters > Social aspects > Gulf States
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects
Katastrophenschaden
Learning
Natural disasters
New Orleans (La.)
Political Economy
Social learning
Social learning - Gulf States
Social order
Social organization
Social systems
Stadtsoziologie
Sturm
U.S.A
Wohnstandort
Überschwemmung
Redevelopment Planning Process
Road Home Program
Lower Ninth Ward
Post-disaster Recovery
Non-price Signals
Post-disaster Context
Flood Insurance
Local Knowledge
Civil Society
Heterodox Economics
Bernard Parishes
Orleans East
Private Civil Society
Face To Face
Orleans Neighborhoods
Ninth Ward Residents
Orleans Parish
Entrepreneurial Discovery
Communities Rebound
Orleans Back Commission
Post-disaster Policy
post-Katrina Recovery
Private Stakeholders
FEMA
FEMA Trailer
ISBN:9780415778046, 0415778042, 0415745438, 9780415745437, 9781135146511, 9781135146566, 1135146551, 113514656X, 0203855922, 9780203855928, 9781135146559, 1135146519
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 neighborhood -- 5 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 interest -- Appendix B: Sample interview guide -- Notes -- References -- Index