Community Lost
The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina
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…
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- ISBN: 978-1-139-33490-7
- EAN: 9781139334907
- Produktnummer: 14002339
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'163 KB
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