Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of DisastersWalter Gillis Peacock, Hugh Gladwin Routledge, 2012 M11 12 - 304 pages This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover. Employing unique research data the authors analyze the consequences of conflict and competition on disaster preparation, response and recovery, especially where associated with race, ethnicity and gender. |
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... result , the damage they inflict and the difficulties experienced in recovering are simply seen as a function of the strength of the agent itself and where it happens to hit the hardest . But disasters are inherently social events . The ...
... result , the damage they inflict and the difficulties experienced in recovering are simply seen as a function of the strength of the agent itself and where it happens to hit the hardest . But disasters are inherently social events . The ...
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... results do justice to the story of the thousands of people – victims and responders – who have enlightened us along the way. It is also important that the projects chronicled in this book make a contribution to the growing body of ...
... results do justice to the story of the thousands of people – victims and responders – who have enlightened us along the way. It is also important that the projects chronicled in this book make a contribution to the growing body of ...
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... we set out to learn whatever we could , using whatever methodology seemed most appropriate to the task , and we have combined the findings from the various projects around several themes. The results reflect the eclecticism of.
... we set out to learn whatever we could , using whatever methodology seemed most appropriate to the task , and we have combined the findings from the various projects around several themes. The results reflect the eclecticism of.
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... result of this experience . Three years later Dade County , particularly South Dade , is a different place in some respects , which we will discuss , but it is also unchanged in many ways , including its persistent patterns of racial ...
... result of this experience . Three years later Dade County , particularly South Dade , is a different place in some respects , which we will discuss , but it is also unchanged in many ways , including its persistent patterns of racial ...
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... result of a centralized authority structure, but rather to have emerged out of the interplay of mutual contingencies, competing interests, and coalitions exercised through a variety of structural linkages (Bates and Harvey 1975; Peacock ...
... result of a centralized authority structure, but rather to have emerged out of the interplay of mutual contingencies, competing interests, and coalitions exercised through a variety of structural linkages (Bates and Harvey 1975; Peacock ...
Contents
THE SOCIOPOLITICAL ECOLOGY OF MIAMI | |
A NIGHT FOR HARD HOUSES | |
CRISIS DECISION MAKING AND MANAGEMENT | |
THE TENT CITIES | |
THE VOICES OF WOMEN | |
POSTHURRICANE RELOCATION | |
A NEGLECTED BLACK COMMUNITY | |
HURRICANE ANDREW AND THE RESHAPING | |
APPENDIX Hurricane Andrew research projects | |
Bibliography | |
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