Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.s.

Adams, Paul S. (EDT); Wood, Geoffrey L. (EDT); Adams, Paul S. (CON); Barreto, Amilcar Antonio (CON); Feaster, Dennis (CON)

ISBN 10: 1793628017 / ISBN 13: 9781793628015

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2022

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 44324494-n

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.s.
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1793628017
• ISBN-13: 9781793628015
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Paul S. Adams is associate professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, USA. He specializes in comparative politics and international relations, specifically the politics of Europe, Northern Ireland, the European Union, and of non-majoritarian forms of democracy including neo-corporatism and consociationalism.

Geoffrey L. Wood is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Applied Research (CFAR) at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

Amílcar Antonio Barreto is a professor and chair in the Department of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies at Northeastern University. He received his law degree and PhD from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research focuses on nationalism, race, ethnicity and gender.

Reneè D. Lamphere is associate professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at University of North Carolina, Pembroke.