Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S. (eBook)

Paul S. Adams, Geoffrey L. Wood (Herausgeber)

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2020
160 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2800-8 (ISBN)

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The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S. examines how natural disasters impact social inequality in the United States. The contributors cover topics such as criminal justice, demographics, economics, history, political science, and sociology to show how effects of natural disasters vary by social and economic class in the United States. This volumestudies social and political mechanisms in disaster response and relief that enable natural disasters to worsen inequalities in America and offers potential solutions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2020
• Co-Autor: Paul S. Adams, Geoffrey L. Wood, Amilcar Antonio Barreto, Dennis Feaster, Timothy J. Holler, Pamela Ray Koch, Renee D. Lamphere, Peter Loebach, Ariane Prohaska, Julie Stewart
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: crime during disaster • Disaster Relief • Disaster studies • FEMA • government disaster response • Government Relations • government responses • hurricane emergencies • media disaster response • national emergency relief • natural disasters research • political inequality • Political Science • Public Policy • Social Inequality • urban studies
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-2800-9 / 1793628009
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-2800-8 / 9781793628008