The cultural and political economy of recovery : social learning in a post-disaster environment / Emily Chamlee-Wright.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-216) and index.

The nature and causes of social order as seen through post-disaster recovery -- Qualitative methods and the pursuit of economic understanding -- Collective action in the wake of disaster : social capital rebuilding strategies of early returnees -- Social capital, community narratives, and recovery within a Vietnamese-American neighborhood -- Collective narratives and entrepreneurial discovery in St. Bernard Parish -- Negotiating structure and agency in the Ninth Ward : sense of place and divine purpose in post-disaster recovery -- The deleterious effects of signal noise in post-disaster recovery -- Expectations anchoring and the civil society vacuum : lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks.