Markets of sorrow, labors of faith : New Orleans in the wake of Katrina /

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This ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans provides a sobering look at the fallout from the privatization of vital social services under neoliberal, or market-driven, governance.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, Vincanne, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
2000-2099
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Disaster relief > Government policy > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 21st century.
Social justice > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Emergency management > Government policy > United States.
Privatization > Government policy > United States.
Disasters.
Victims.
Cyclonic Storms
Disasters
Relief Work
Survivors
Public Policy
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Justice sociale > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Privatisation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Catastrophes.
Victimes.
disasters.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Victims
Disaster relief > Government policy
Emergency management > Government policy
Privatization > Government policy
Social justice
Katrina > Hurrikan
Naturkatastrophe
Regierung
Privatisierung
Sozialer Konflikt
Konjunkturaufschwung
Louisiana
Louisiana > New Orleans
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • It's not about Katrina
  • The making of a disaster
  • If this could happen to us, it could happen to anyone
  • Navigating the road home
  • Getting to the breaking points
  • Faith in a volunteer recovery
  • Charity, philanthrocapitalism and the affect economy
  • Katrina as the future.

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