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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Social learning in a post-disaster environment Emily Chamlee-Wright. Emily ChamleeWright has made a major contribution to understanding the response to Hurricane Katrina. Her book is a case study of the importance of spontaneouslyevolved ...
Social learning in a post-disaster environment Emily Chamlee-Wright. A critical history John Pullen 7 Informal Work in Developed Nations Edited by Enrico A.Marcelli, Colin C.Williams and Pascale Jossart 8 The Foundations of ...
Social learning in a post-disaster environment Emily Chamlee-Wright. First published 2010 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX144RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New ...
Social learning in a post-disaster environment Emily Chamlee-Wright. neighborhoods of interest 181 Appendix B: sample interview guide 185 Appendix C: primary and secondary theme codes 189 Notes 191 References 203 Index 217 Illustrations ...
Social learning in a post-disaster environment Emily Chamlee-Wright. Figures. 1.1 Research program on cultural economy 17 1.2 Interactive effects between socially embedded resources 19 4.1 The structure of religious and civic life in 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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