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Author Swamy, Raja, 1970- author.

Title Building back better in India : development, NGOs, and artisanal fishers after the 2004 tsunami / Raja Swamy.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2021].

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
text file
Series NGOgraphies : ethnographic reflections on NGOs
NGOgraphies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "Critically examines the role of humanitarian aid and disaster reconstruction"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Tsunami relief -- India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Tsunami relief.
India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Emergency management -- India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Emergency management.
Humanitarian assistance -- India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Humanitarian assistance.
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.
Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)
Non-governmental organizations -- India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Non-governmental organizations.
Fisheries -- India -- Nagapattinam (District)
Fisheries.
Indian Ocean.
Chronological Term 2004
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Swamy, Raja,1970- Building back better in India Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2021. 9780817320973 (DLC) 2020053336
Print version: 9780817320973 0817320970 (DLC) 2020053335 (OCoLC)1225193109
ISBN 9780817393632 (electronic book)
0817393633 (electronic book)
9780817320973
0817320970