The class impact of post disaster restoration policies: The example of Ilia,Greece and the need for a politics of disaster

Abstract

This article presents research findings from selected rural communities that were struck in 2007 by one of the largest fires in history in Greece. The restoration policies implemented resulted in a class-differentiated recovery process. The article examines this development in the context of neoliberal policies and argues that political context should be a locus of intervention.

Keywords

class-biased process class-differentiated recovery farmers Greece politics of disaster post-disaster recovery process rural Greece social work of resistance

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