The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S.
Author: Amílcar Antonio Barreto, Reneè D. Lamphere, Geoffrey L. Wood, Pamela Ray Koch, Paul S. Adams, Dennis Feaster, Timothy J. Holler, Peter Loebach, Ariane Prohaska, Julie Stewart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Edition: 1
Published date: 2020
ISBN: 9781793627995
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.
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