| Author | Swamy, Raja Harish |
| Title | Disaster capitalism : tsunami reconstruction and neoliberalism in Nagapattinam, South India |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3461  |
| Publication Date | 2011 |
| Date Accessioned | 2011-07-06 17:26:37 |
| Degree | PhD |
| Discipline/Department | Anthropology |
| Degree Level | doctoral |
| University/Publisher | University of Texas – Austin |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the impacts of the tsunami of 2004 on economic development priorities in Nagapattinam, South India. By focusing on the manner in which the disaster was cast as an opportunity by the state and multilateral agencies, the unprecedented scale and ambiguous character of involvement by NGOs in reconstruction, and the distinction drawn between economic development and humanitarian aid in the constitution of a reconstruction agenda predicated on the relocation of artisanal fisher communities from the coast, this study demonstrates how post-disaster outcomes are increasingly being shaped by priorities tied to neoliberal globalization. At the same time the processes that unfold are also characterized by significant complexities particularly on account of efforts by affected populations to deploy various strategies to defend their interests, and substantive differences in the approach of NGOs. |
| Subjects/Keywords | Disasters; Tsunamis; Nagapattinam; Tamil Nadu; Neoliberalism; NGO; Nongovernmental organizations; Humanitarianism; Relocation; Dislocation; Involuntary resettlement; World Bank; Asian Development Bank; UNDP; Economic development; Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950; Symbolic capital; Fishers; Fisheries |
| Contributors | Hale, Charles R., 1957- (advisor); Ali, Kamran (committee member); Brow, James (committee member); Ghosh, Kaushik (committee member); Bavinck, Maarten (committee member) |
| Language | en |
| Country of Publication | us |
| Record ID | handle:2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3461 |
| Repository | texas |
| Date Indexed | 2020-10-15 |
| Grantor | University of Texas at Austin |
| Note | [] text; [department] Anthropology; |
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