Capitalizing on Catastrophe Neoliberal Strategies

Capitalizing on Catastrophe Neoliberal Strategies

Writing on “disaster capitalism” in her book The Shock Doctrine, journalist and prominent voice against corporate globalization Naomi Klein (2007) has inspired applied anthropologists and others working with populations devastated and displaced by catastrophic events to document the ways in which people are re-victimized by recovery and rebuilding plans that privilege elite interests.