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 their lives "work." Katrina raised
the questions of whether and how communities could solve the
complex social coordination problems catastrophic disaster poses,
and what inhibits them from doing so?
Professor Chamlee-Wright investigates not only the nature of
post-disaster recovery, but the nature of the social order itself -
how societies are able to achieve a level of complex social
coordination that far exceeds our ability to design. By deploying
the tools of both political economy and cultural economy, the book
contributes to the bourgeoning literature on the social, political
and economic impact of Hurricane Katrina.
Through a selection of case studies, the author argues that
post-disaster resilience depends crucially upon the discovery that
unfolds within commercial and civil society. The book will be of
particular interest to postgraduate students and researchers in
economics, sociology and anthropology as well as disaster
specialists.
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