Underwater Loss, Flood Insurance, and the Moral Economy of Climate Change in the United States |
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| Author:
| Elliott, Rebecca |
| Series title: | Society and the Environment Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19027-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2021 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, in an incisive consideration of the dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance.
Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, in an incisive consideration of the dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance.