Community lost : the state, civil society, and displaced survivors of hurricane Katrina

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Label

Community lost : the state, civil society, and displaced survivors of hurricane Katrina

Title remainder

the state, civil society, and displaced survivors of hurricane Katrina

Statement of responsibility

Ronald J. Angel [and others]

Contributor

• Angel, Ronald
• Beausoleil, Julie
• Bell, Holly
• Lein, Laura

Subject

• 2005
• Disaster relief -- Government policy
• Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
• Disaster victims
• Disaster victims -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
• Electronic books
• Emergency management
• Emergency management -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
• HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005
• United States -- Gulf Coast

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas. Drawing on social capital and social network theory, the authors assess the complementary, and often conflicting, roles of FEMA, other governmental agencies, and a range of non-governmental organizations in addressing survivors' short- and longer-term needs. While these organizations came together to assist with immediate emergency needs, even collectively they could not deal with survivors' long-term needs for employment, affordable housing, and personal records necessary to rebuild lives. Community Lost provides empirical evidence that civil society organizations cannot substitute for an efficient and benevolent state, which is necessary for society to function."--Publisher's website

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Dewey number

• 363.349220976
• 976.044
• 976/.044

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HV551.4.G85

LC item number

C66 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography