The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery: Social learning in a post-disaster environmentIn 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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... further havoc. As severe as the physical damage was, however, no description or accounting of it could fully capture the costs of recovery or the scope of the challenge. Residents did not just suffer the personal costs of a home that ...
... further.5 Particularly in the context of New Orleans, the paradigm that shaped the public policy discourse was that a largescale government response was the obvious and only remedy to solve the problems presented by catastrophic ...
... Further, as a heterodox project, this book is able to explore the intersection between cultural processes (for example, community norms and historical narratives that inform strategies for individual and community rebound) and ...
... Further, the history and distinct ethnic identity within this community provides an opportunity to examine the role historical narratives and cultural tools can play in fostering individual and communitywide resilience. Chapter 5 ...
... Further, the resilience that is displayed in some of the hardest hit and most vulnerable communities offer important windows on the social learning process, even if the overall rate of recovery has been frustratingly slow. Among the ...
Contents
The nature and causes of social order as seen through postdisaster | |
Qualitative methods and the pursuit of economic understanding 23 | |
Deploying socially embedded resources in a postdisaster | |
Social capital community narratives and recovery within | |
sense of place | |
Politicaleconomy and social learning in nonpriced | |
lessons for public | |
Concluding remarks 174 | |
neighborhoods of interest 181 | |
Notes 191 | |
References 203 | |
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