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
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 278 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780231548816 |