A house of one's own : the moral economy of post-disaster aid in El Salvador /

What happens to people after an earthquake destroys their homes? What is daily life like under a humanitarian regime? Is aid a gift or is it a form of power? A House of One's Own explores these enduring questions as they unfold in a Salvadoran town in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquakes. In a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sliwinski, Alicia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
2001
El Salvador Earthquakes, El Salvador, 2001.
Earthquake relief > Moral and ethical aspects > El Salvador.
Humanitarian assistance > Moral and ethical aspects > El Salvador.
Tremblements de terre du Salvador, Salvador, 2001.
Secours aux victimes de tremblements de terre > Aspect moral > Salvador.
Aide humanitaire > Aspect moral > Salvador.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
El Salvador
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: disasters in the Valle de las Hamacas
  • Theoretical underpinnings: the gift in the moral grammar of humanitarianism
  • Chronicles of an earthquake
  • The time of reconstruction: actors, challenges, and ideals
  • Daily life on a pots-disaster reconstruction site
  • Engagement and estrangement in La Hermandad
  • Weathering the moral economy of aid.

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