Disaster, Debt, and 'Underdevelopment': The Cunning of Colonial-Capitalism in the Caribbean.

Gahman, Levi, Thongs, Gabrielle and Greenidge, Adaeze (2021) Disaster, Debt, and 'Underdevelopment': The Cunning of Colonial-Capitalism in the Caribbean. Development (Society for International Development), 64 (1-2). pp. 112-118.

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Abstract

This article provides a critical overview of the structural forces exacerbating risk related to disasters in the Caribbean. It focuses on the historical antecedents and socio-environmental consequences of extreme weather events across the region via an anti-colonial analysis of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 and Dorian in 2019. The authors contend that the logics, practices and debts of colonial-capitalist development, neoliberal exploitation and post-independence corruption continue to reduce resilience and threaten public health in the region. They also detail the role that political economy and social geography play in the face of disasters. They end by proposing that future critiques of and solutions to vulnerability, disaster, and catastrophe in the Caribbean be more attentive to the historical trajectories of imperialism, debt and 'underdevelopment'.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Caribbean, Climate change, Debt, Disasters, Frantz Fanon, Imperialism, Underdevelopment
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2020 10:50
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2024 01:32
DOI:	10.1057/s41301-021-00282-4
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3082692