Ronald J. Angel, Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil

Community Lost

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uses interviews with evacuees and service provider reports to analyse the response to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781107002951
• ISBN-10: 1107002958
• Artikelnr.: 34229256

Autorenporträt

Ronald J. Angel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. After the storm: the state, civil society, and the response to Katrina
2. An emerging methodology for a crisis situation
3. Life before the storm: the old community
4. Evacuation and arrival in Austin
5. The limited transportability of social capital
6. NGOs and the grassroots response
7. The state and basic welfare: housing, employment, and identification
8. Health care and the limitations of society
9. The new social contract: the state, civil society, and social capital.