Community Lost

The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

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ID23453129
AuthorsRonald J Angel (The University of Texas at Austin), Holly Bell (0000-0003-1426-5176, The University of Texas at Austin), Julie Beausoleil (The University of Texas at Austin), Laura Lein (University of Michigan)
Year2012
Publication date2012-03-19
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueCommunity Lost (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511843792
OpenAlexW4242660250
Open LibraryOL34476413M
ISBN9780511843792
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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.

Business · Civil society · Empirical evidence · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Hurricane katrina · Natural disaster · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Service (business) · Social capital · State (computer science) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Marketing · Public Administration

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