Building Back Better in India : Development, NGOs, and Artisanal Fishers after the 2004 Tsunami /

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"Critically examines the role of humanitarian aid and disaster reconstruction"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swamy, Raja, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [ 2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tsunami relief.
Non-governmental organizations.
Humanitarian assistance.
Fisheries.
Fisheries > India > Nagapattinam (District)
Non-governmental organizations > India > Nagapattinam (District)
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.
Humanitarian assistance > India > Nagapattinam (District)
Disaster management > India > Nagapattinam (District)
Tsunami relief > India > Nagapattinam (District)
Indian Ocean.
India > Nagapattinam (District)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "Building Back Better"
  • Nagapattinam
  • The tsunami of 2004 and its aftermath
  • Artisanal fishers, the state, and an NGO
  • The politics of humanitarianism
  • NGO antipolitics and politics
  • The humanitarian gift economy
  • Economic development and humanitarian aid
  • Unbridging the future : connectivity and distance
  • Memory, space, and power
  • Conclusion.

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