Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas. Drawing on social capital and social network theory, the authors assess the complementary, and often conflicting, roles of FEMA, other governmental agencies, and a range of non-governmental organizations in addressing survivors' short- and longer-term needs. While these organizations came together to assist with immediate emergency needs, even collectively they could not deal with survivors' long-term needs for employment, affordable housing, and personal records necessary to rebuild lives. Community Lost provides empirical evidence that civil society organizations cannot substitute for an efficient and benevolent state, which is necessary for society to function.

Community Lost: The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

History

Bell, Holly

Angel, Ronald J.

Lein, Laura

Beausoleil, Julie

Americas

Cambridge University Press

Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas. Drawing on social capital and social network theory, the authors assess the complementary, and often conflicting, roles of FEMA, other governmental agencies, and a range of non-governmental organizations in addressing survivors' short- and longer-term needs. While these organizations came together to assist with immediate emergency needs, even collectively they could not deal with survivors' long-term needs for employment, affordable housing, and personal records necessary to rebuild lives. Community Lost provides empirical evidence that civil society organizations cannot substitute for an efficient and benevolent state, which is necessary for society to function.

'Had me on the edge of my seat holding my breath as well as smiling and chuckling out loud.'Asthmatic furniture restorer and covert witch Amanda Cadabra is a survivor. After all, her family's bus went over a Cornish cliff. Now the presentable but irritating Inspector Trelawney is dogging her footsteps as he investigates the unexplained deaths. But that's the least of her problems. Amanda has just got a furniture restoration job at the old English Manor of Sunken Madley with its murky past.Armed only with a wand and Tempest, her grumpy reincarnated cat, she's going in. A body, ghosts, hidden tunnels, chills and unexplained lights; can Amanda solve the mystery in time and save the village from the scandal of murder? Please note that to help the reader to be immersed in Amanda's world, this British-set story uses British English spelling, grammar and usage, and includes accents, dialects and a magical language.

Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth (The Amanda Cadabra British Urban Fantasy Mysteries)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Independently published

The girls have a farm adventure together The girls are so excited to be going to Matilda's grandma's farm for the weekend, and they're especially looking forward to doing a pony trail ride on their own. Abbey can't wait to ride a pony and go really fast. Their pony adventure is going well—until the day takes an unexpected turn and the girls find themselves lost in unfamiliar territory with no idea of how to get home.

Abbey Leads the Way (7) (Forever Clover)

Children's Books

Animals

Little Hare Books

Amanda Cadabra, asthmatic furniture restorer and covert witch with irascible feline familiar, always said that was no place for a research centre. The lost village in Madley Wood, where the leaves don't grow, and the birds don't sing. An old secret. A new build. A body. Only one witness. Only one person who can see that witness: Amanda Cadabra. Only one place that can tell the story: the Cellar of Secrets, in 1940. And only one person who can go there: Amanda Cadabra. With, of course, only one grumpy cat. Only one person who might help: the personable but intractable Inspector Trelawney. But this is a peaceful English village ... who would do anything as criminal as murder? Will she find them before they find her? Please note that to help the reader to be immersed in Amanda's world, this British-set story, by a British author, uses British English spelling, grammar and usage, and includes accents, dialects and a magical language.

Amanda Cadabra and The Cellar of Secrets (The Amanda Cadabra British Urban Fantasy Mysteries)

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

The girls learn about caring properly for animals
The Forever Clover pets are sick! Is there a nasty animal flu going around, or is something at the clubhouse making them sick?

Kate Plays Detective (3) (Forever Clover)

Chirpy Bird

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Community Lost: The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Community Lost: The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Amanda Cadabra and The Hidey-Hole Truth (The Amanda Cadabra British Urban Fantasy Mysteries)

Abbey Leads the Way (7) (Forever Clover)

Amanda Cadabra and The Cellar of Secrets (The Amanda Cadabra British Urban Fantasy Mysteries)

Kate Plays Detective (3) (Forever Clover)