| Description |
227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index. |
| Contents |
It's not about Katrina -- Making of a disaster -- If this could happen to us, it could happen to anyone -- Navigating the road home -- Getting to the breaking points -- Faith in a volunteer recovery -- Charity, philanthrocapitalism and the affect economy -- Katrina as the future. |
| Summary |
"Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies subcontracted disaster relief to private companies that turned the humanitarian work of recovery into lucrative business. These enterprises profited from the very suffering that they failed to ameliorate, producing a second-order disaster that exacerbated inequalities based on race and class and leaving residents to rebuild almost entirely on their own. Filled with the often desperate voices of residents who returned to New Orleans, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith describes the human toll of disaster capitalism and the affect economy it has produced. While for-profit companies delayed delivery of federal resources to returning residents, faith-based and nonprofit groups stepped in to rebuild, compelled by the moral pull of charity and the emotional rewards of volunteer labor. Adams traces the success of charity efforts, even while noting an irony of neoliberalism, which encourages the very same for-profit companies to exploit these charities as another market opportunity. In so doing, the companies profit not once but twice on disaster."--Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina (2005) |
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Disaster relief -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century.
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Disaster relief -- Government policy. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Disaster relief. |
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Social justice -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Social justice. |
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Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States.
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Emergency management -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Emergency management. |
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Privatization -- Government policy -- United States.
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Privatization -- Government policy. |
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Privatization. |
| ISBN |
9780822354499 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780822354345 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0822354349 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0822354497 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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