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13 produkter
Homing Devices
The Poor as Targets of Public Housing Policy and Practice
Av Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston, Mark Schuller
Häftad, 2006
618 kr
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Homing Devices is a collection of ethnographies that address the central problem affecting not only the United States but also other developed and developing nations around the globe-affordable housing. These ethnographies cut across national and cultural borders, offering a diverse look at housing …
Capitalizing on Catastrophe
Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction
Av Nandini Gunewardena, Mark Schuller
Inbunden, 2008
1695 kr
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In Capitalizing on Catastrophe an international group of scholars and professionals critically examine how local communities around the world have prepared for and responded to recent cataclysms. The book's principal focus is the increasing trend to rely on the private sector to deal with natural …
Killing with Kindness
Haiti, International Aid, and NGOs
Inbunden, 2012
1506 kr
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Winner of the 2015 Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied AnthropologyAfter Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, over half of U.S. households donated to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that country. Yet we continue to hear stories of …
Killing with Kindness
Haiti, International Aid, and NGOs
Häftad, 2012
417 kr
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Winner of the 2015 Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied AnthropologyAfter Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, over half of U.S. households donated to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that country. Yet we continue to hear stories of …
Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti
Häftad, 2016
382 kr
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Winner of the 2016 Anthropology in Media Award from the American Anthropological Association The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history, sparking an international aid response-with pledges and donations of $16 billion-that was exceedingly generous. But now, …
Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti
Inbunden, 2016
1462 kr
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Winner of the 2016 Anthropology in Media Award from the American Anthropological Association The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the deadliest disasters in modern history, sparking an international aid response-with pledges and donations of $16 billion-that was exceedingly generous. But now, …
Haiti Exception
Anthropology and the Predicament of Narrative
Av Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken, Kaiama L. Glover m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2388 kr
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This collection of essays considers the means and extent of Haiti’s ‘exceptionalization’ – its perception in multiple arenas as definitively unique with respect not only to the countries of the North Atlantic, but also to the rest of the Americas. Painted as repulsive and attractive, abject and …
Contextualizing Disaster
Av Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller
Inbunden, 2016
1861 kr
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Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while …
Contextualizing Disaster
Av Mark Schuller, Gregory V. Button
E-bok, 2016
391 kr
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Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while …
Contextualizing Disaster
Av Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller
Häftad, 2016
301 kr
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Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while …
The Haiti Exception
Anthropology and the Predicament of Narrative
Av Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken, Kaiama L. Glover m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
625 kr
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This collection of essays considers the means and extent of Haiti’s ‘exceptionalization’ – its perception in multiple arenas as definitively unique with respect not only to the countries of the North Atlantic, but also to the rest of the Americas. Painted as repulsive and attractive, abject and …
Humanity's Last Stand
Confronting Global Catastrophe
Häftad, 2021
344 kr
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Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the …
Humanity's Last Stand
Confronting Global Catastrophe
Inbunden, 2021
879 kr
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Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the …
