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The Resource State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change, Maria Cristina Garcia

State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change, Maria Cristina Garcia

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State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change
Title
State of disaster
Title remainder
the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change
Statement of responsibility
Maria Cristina Garcia
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Focusing on Central America and the Caribbean, State of Disaster traces the development of U.S. refugee, humanitarian, and immigration policies in response to the 1995-2004 series of volcanic eruptions in Monserrat in the Leeward Islands, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras and Nicaragua in 1998, and the back-to-back Hurricanes Irma and Maria of 2017 that devastated the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The case of Irma and Maria reveal afresh the neocolonial realities that sentence citizens of U.S. territories to a liminal and unequal political status that makes economic growth difficult and recovery from natural disaster especially daunting. Reflecting what technical social science and science studies indicate but also obscure, Garcia argues that it is high time that U.S. policymakers create desperately needed new policies and suggests ways to amend or create new law altogether. She reminds us that while natural disasters are impossible to prevent, much of the devastation that occurs in the wake of natural disasters is artificial and can be mitigated"--
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Provided by publisher
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1960-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
García, María Cristina
Dewey number
362.870973
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
HV640.4.U54
LC item number
G38 2022
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Environmental refugees
  • Disaster relief
  • Disaster relief
  • Environmental disasters
  • Environmental disasters
  • Climatic changes
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • Climatic changes
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Disaster relief
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Caribbean Area
  • Central America
  • United States
Label
State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change, Maria Cristina Garcia
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In search of a sustainable refuge -- What a volcano revealed about the vulnerability of small island states -- Disaster relief as foreign policy: when poverty, conflict, and catastrophe collide -- What protections and benefits? Coloniality and citizenship in the U.S. territories -- Moving forward: natural disasters may be inevitable; good U.S. policy is not
Control code
on1336461284
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 235 pages
Isbn
9781469669960
Lccn
2022007368
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1336461284
Label
State of disaster : the failure of U.S. migration policy in an age of climate change, Maria Cristina Garcia
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In search of a sustainable refuge -- What a volcano revealed about the vulnerability of small island states -- Disaster relief as foreign policy: when poverty, conflict, and catastrophe collide -- What protections and benefits? Coloniality and citizenship in the U.S. territories -- Moving forward: natural disasters may be inevitable; good U.S. policy is not
Control code
on1336461284
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 235 pages
Isbn
9781469669960
Lccn
2022007368
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1336461284

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