State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change /

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"Focusing on Central America and the Caribbean, State of Disaster traces the development of U.S. refugee, humanitarian, and immigration policies in response to the 1995-2004 series of volcanic eruptions in Monserrat in the Leeward Islands, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and Nicaragua in 1998, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: García, María Cristina, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Environmental refugees > Government policy > United States.
Disaster relief > Government policy > United States.
Disaster relief > Government policy > United States > Territories and possessions.
Environmental disasters > Social aspects > Caribbean Area > Case studies.
Environmental disasters > Social aspects > Central America > Case studies.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Réfugiés environnementaux > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Territoires et possessions.
Catastrophes écologiques > Aspect social > Caraïbes (Région) > Études de cas.
Catastrophes écologiques > Aspect social > Amérique centrale > Études de cas.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Diplomatic relations
Disaster relief > Government policy
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Foreign relations > Caribbean Area.
United States > Foreign relations > Central America.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Caraïbes (Région)
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Amérique centrale.
Caribbean Area
Central America
United States
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. In search of a sustainable refuge
  • What a volcano revealed about the vulnerability of small island states
  • Disaster relief as foreign policy : when poverty, conflict, and catastrophe collide
  • What protections and benefits? Coloniality and citizenship in the U.S. territories
  • Moving forward : natural disasters may be inevitable, good U.S. policy is not.

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