Disasters and Social Reproduction : Crisis Response Between the State and Community by Peer Illner
Requirements: .PDF reader, 2 MB
Overview: Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state. What happens when natural disasters add to their misery? This book looks at the broken relationship between the federal government and civil society in times of crises.
Mutual aid has gained renewed importance in providing relief when hurricanes, floods and pandemics hit, as cuts to state spending put significant strain on communities struggling to survive. Harking back to the self-organised welfare programmes of the Black Panther Party, radical social movements from Occupy to Black Lives Matter are building autonomous aid networks within and against the state. However, as the federal responsibility for relief is lifted, mutual aid faces a profound dilemma: do ordinary people become complicit in their own exploitation?
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational
Download Instructions:
https://ouo.io/6JMzE36
https://ouo.io/wvMzCh
