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Neoliberalism, INGO practices and sustainable disaster recovery: a post-Katrina case study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Pyles, Loretta |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | This case study of a post-Katrina community-based action research project conducted in partnership with an international nongovernmental organization (INGO) sought to understand the extent to which practices facilitated sustainable recovery from disaster. Findings include three major problem areas: (i) participation; (ii) capacity building and (iii) race/racism. The author posits that the neoliberal climate in which INGOs operate enables practices that perpetuate injustice and argues for different directions for sustainable disaster recovery and social justice. Many dimensions of natural and technological disasters, including their causes and recovery processes, reflect profound ecological and social injustices (Ozerdem, 2003). Communities with significant social and economic disparity tend to be more vulnerable to the effects of disasters; indeed, marginalized populations face greater challenges than their privileged counterparts in terms of disaster recovery (Harrell and Zakour, 2000; Kaiser Foundation, 2007; Morrow and Peacock, 1997). This suggestion certainly holds true in the case of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, LA, USA, a city besieged by environmental, social and economic imbalances before the landfall of the massive storm and subsequent levee failures of 29 August 2005. Address for correspondence: Loretta Pyles, Social Welfare, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA; email: lpyles@albany.edu & Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal. 2009 All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org doi:10.1093/cdj/bsp058 Community Development Journal Page 1 of 13 Community Development Journal Advance Access published December 9, 2009 |
| Starting Page | 168 |
| Ending Page | 180 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1093/cdj/bsp058 |
| Volume Number | 46 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://96bda424cfcc34d9dd1a-0a7f10f87519dba22d2dbc6233a731e5.r41.cf2.rackcdn.com/lorettapyles/lp---2018/pdfs/LP-article-Neoliberalism.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj%2Fbsp058 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
