Empowerment and Social Justice in the Wake of Disasters

Download or read book Empowerment and Social Justice in the Wake of Disasters written by Sara Bondesson and published by Taylor & Francis Group. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book taps into discussions about social vulnerability, empowerment, and resistance in relation to disaster relief and recovery. It disentangles tensions and dilemmas within post-disaster empowerment, through a rich ethnographic narrative of the work of Occupy Sandy in Rockaway, New York City, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It details both a remarkable collaborative relief phase, in which marginalized communities were empowered to take active part, as well as a phase of conflict and resistance that came about as relief turned to long-term recovery. This book will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, political scientists, and urban studies researchers"--