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Community Lost - The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina (Paperback)
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Community Lost - The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina (Paperback)
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Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts
responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane
Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with
Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify
what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of
hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas. Drawing on
social capital and social network theory, the authors assess the
complementary, and often conflicting, roles of FEMA, other
governmental agencies and a range of non-governmental organizations
in addressing survivors' short- and longer-term needs. While these
organizations came together to assist with immediate emergency
needs, even collectively they could not deal with survivors'
long-term needs for employment, affordable housing and personal
records necessary to rebuild lives. Community Lost provides
empirical evidence that civil society organizations cannot
substitute for an efficient and benevolent state, which is
necessary for society to function.
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