Underwater Loss, Flood Insurance, and the Moral Economy of Climate Change in the United States
Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, in an incisive consideration of the dilemmas of moral economy u...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2021©2021
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| Series: | Society and the Environment
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, in an incisive consideration of the dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance. Neil Fligstein, University of California, Berkeley: Underwater explores how Americans directly affected by storms like Hurricane Sandy have been forced to confront the impact climate change has on their homes, families, and communities. This path-breaking study shows that the terrain of these discussions, centered on struggles over arcane issues like insurance and flood maps, raises deeply political and moral questions about who should pay for and be responsible for the impacts of what will certainly be steadily worsening events. |
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| Physical Description: | 297 Seiten |