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dc.date.accessioned2020-02-26T11:28:23Z-
dc.date.available2020-02-26T11:28:23Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationPecoraro, M. (2019). A disaster in the making: a study of the injustice of disaster capitalism as a recovery toolen_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51833-
dc.descriptionDual Mastersen_GB
dc.descriptionM.SC.CONFLICT ANALYSIS&RES.en_GB
dc.descriptionM.A.CONFLICT RES.&MED.STUD.en_GB
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores injustice in disaster recovery. Naomi Klein’s theory of the shock doctrine explains how disaster capitalism becomes a recovery tool in times of extreme distress or disaster. With growing environmental concerns, disaster capitalism is becoming more commonplace when addressing disaster management after a natural disaster. Qualitative research and an extended literature review compared the impact and management tactics in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy and in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. This thesis critiques Klein’s work and challenges the notion that a disaster must be a “shock” to a system. Instead, it suggests that disasters can reinforce the status quo and, continuing Klein’s theory, promote the manipulation of a community after a disaster. The comparative study of post-hurricane disaster management in New Jersey and Puerto Rico exposed that disaster capitalism played a critical role in recovery and exposed systemic trends that reinforce environmental racism and green gentrification.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectNatural disastersen_GB
dc.subjectFree enterpriseen_GB
dc.subjectDisaster reliefen_GB
dc.subjectCapitalism -- Social aspectsen_GB
dc.titleA disaster in the making : a study of the injustice of disaster capitalism as a recovery toolen_GB
dc.typemasterThesisen_GB
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Malta and the George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, United Statesen_GB
dc.publisher.departmentInternational Masters Programmeen_GB
dc.description.reviewedN/Aen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorPecoraro, Marisa-
Appears in Collections:Dissertations - CenSPCR - 2019
Dissertations - IMP - 2019
Dissertations - IMPMCAR - 2019

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