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

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction. 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 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2022) Subject Environmental refugees -- Government policy -- United States Disaster relief -- Government policy -- United States Disaster relief -- Government policy -- United States -- Territories and possessions Environmental disasters -- Social aspects -- Caribbean Area -- Case studies Environmental disasters -- Social aspects -- Central America -- Case studies Climatic changes -- Social aspects HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Climatic changes -- Social aspects Diplomatic relations Disaster relief -- Government policy Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Social services & welfare, criminology. Society. SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy United States -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America Subject Caribbean Area Central America United States Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2022007368 ISBN 9781469669977 1469669978 1469669986 9781469669984

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