Download or read book Capitalizing on Catastrophe written by Nandini Gunewardena and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalizing on Catastrophe critically explores the phenomenon of 'disaster capitalism, ' in which relief efforts for natural disasters and other large-scale disruptions are contracted out to private companies