Soaking The Middle Class

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Soaking The Middle Class

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Author : Anna Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 2022-07-15

Soaking The Middle Class written by Anna Rhodes and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with Social Science categories.

Extreme weather is increasing in scale and severity as global warming worsens. While poorer communities are typically most vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change, even well-resourced communities are increasingly vulnerable as climate-related storms intensify. Yet little is known about how middle-class communities are responding to these storms and the resulting damage. In Soaking the Middle Class, sociologists Anna Rhodes and Max Besbris examine how a middle-class community recovers from a climate-related disaster and how this process fosters inequality within these kinds of places. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey dropped record-breaking rainfall in Southeast Texas resulting in more than $125 billion in direct damages. Rhodes and Besbris followed 59 flooded households in Friendswood, Texas, for two years after the storm to better understand the recovery process in a well-resourced, majority-White, middle-class suburban community. As such, Friendswood should have been highly resilient to storms like Harvey, yet Rhodes and Besbris find that the recovery process exacerbated often-invisible economic inequality between neighbors. Two years after Harvey, some households were in better financial positions than they were before the storm, while others still had incomplete repairs, were burdened with large new debts, and possessed few resources to draw on should another disaster occur. Rhodes and Besbris find that recovery policies were significant drivers of inequality, with flood insurance playing a key role in the divergent recovery outcomes within Friendswood. Households with flood insurance prior to Harvey tended to have higher incomes than those that did not. These households received high insurance payouts, enabling them to replace belongings, hire contractors, and purchase supplies. Households without coverage could apply for FEMA assistance, which offered considerably lower payouts, and for government loans, which would put them into debt. Households without coverage found themselves exhausting their financial resources, including retirement savings, to cover repairs, which put them in even more financially precarious positions than they were before the flood. The vast majority of Friendswood residents chose to repair and return to their homes after Hurricane Harvey. Even this devastating flood did not alter their plans for long-term residential stability, and the structure of recovery policies only further oriented homeowners towards returning to their homes. Prior to Harvey, many Friendswood households relied on flood damage from previous storms to judge their vulnerability and considered themselves at low risk. After Harvey, many found it difficult to assess their level of risk for future flooding. Without strong guidance from federal agencies or the local government on how to best evaluate risk, many residents ended up returning to potentially unsafe places. As climate-related disasters become more severe, Soaking the Middle Class illustrates how inequality in the United States will continue to grow if recovery policies are not fundamentally changed.

Administration Of The Disability Program In New York And New Jersey

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Administration Of The Disability Program In New York And New Jersey written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Disability insurance categories.

Advisability Of A Tax Reduction In 1980 Effective For 1981

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Advisability Of A Tax Reduction In 1980 Effective For 1981 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Income tax categories.

President Clinton S Proposals For Public Investment And Deficit Reduction

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

President Clinton S Proposals For Public Investment And Deficit Reduction written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Deficit financing categories.

Sixty Miles Upriver

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Author : Richard E. Ocejo
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-04-23

Sixty Miles Upriver written by Richard E. Ocejo and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-23 with History categories.

Sixty Miles Upriver argues that Newburgh's recent revitalization was motivated not by downtown or waterfront redevelopment, government planning, or existing institutions and assets, but rather by one factor above all else: its proximity to New York City. Drawing on several years of observations of the development of Newburgh's communities and participation in community meetings and volunteer events, as well as over 140 interviews people of diverse backgrounds, Richard Ocejo offers a detailed account of a small city in transition, struggling through the contradictions of gentrification. Ocejo observes that small city gentrification typically results from middle-class urbanites fleeing larger cities like New York. But he argues that, unlike the white flight of previous generations, fear of racial minorities and urban decline are no longer the motivating factors. .

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States

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Author : United States. President
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States written by United States. President and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Presidents categories.

"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States William J Clinton

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Author : United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States William J Clinton written by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Presidents categories.

Privileging Place

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Author : Meaghan Stiman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-06-18

Privileging Place written by Meaghan Stiman and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-18 with Social Science categories.

How second homeowners strategically leverage their privilege across multiple spaces In recent decades, Americans have purchased second homes at unprecedented rates. In Privileging Place, Meaghan Stiman examines the experiences of predominantly upper-middle-class suburbanites who bought second homes in the city or the country. Drawing on interviews with more than sixty owners of second homes and ethnographic data collected over the course of two years in Rangeley, Maine, and Boston, Massachusetts, Stiman uncovers the motivations of these homeowners and analyzes the local consequences of their actions. By doing so, she traces the contours of privilege across communities in the twenty-first century. Stiman argues that, for the upper-middle-class residents of suburbia who bought urban or rural second homes, the purchase functioned as a way to balance a desire for access to material resources in suburban communities with a longing for a more meaningful connection to place in the city or the country. The tension between these two contradictory aims explains why homeowners bought second homes, how they engaged with the communities around them, and why they ultimately remained in their suburban hometowns. The second home is a place-identity project—a way to gain a sense of place identity they don’t find in their hometowns while still holding on to hometown resources. Stiman’s account offers a cautionary tale of the layers of privilege within and across geographies in the twenty-first century.

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States William J Clinton 1993

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Author : Clinton, William J.
language : en
Publisher: Best Books on
Release Date : 1994-01-01

Public Papers Of The Presidents Of The United States William J Clinton 1993 written by Clinton, William J. and has been published by Best Books on this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with categories.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States

It S Better Than It Looks

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Author : Gregg Easterbrook
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-02-20

It S Better Than It Looks written by Gregg Easterbrook and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-20 with History categories.

Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better than it ever has been. In the United States, disease, crime, discrimination, and most forms of pollution are in long-term decline, while longevity and education keep rising and economic indicators are better than in any past generation. Worldwide, malnutrition and extreme poverty are at historic lows, and the risk of dying by war or violence is the lowest in human history. It's not a coincidence that we're confused -- our perspectives on the world are blurred by the rise of social media, the machinations of politicians, and our own biases. Meanwhile, political reforms like the Clean Air Act and technological innovations like the hybridization of wheat have saved huge numbers of lives. In that optimistic spirit, Easterbrook offers specific policy reforms to address climate change, inequality, and other problems, and reminds us that there is real hope in conquering such challenges. In an age of discord and fear-mongering, It's Better Than It Looks will profoundly change your perspective on who we are, where we're headed, and what we're capable of.