Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions, by Dennis McGilvray
Anthropology professor Dennis McGilvray studies the Indian Ocean Tsunami and its devastating effects within the larger social and political context of the region in Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka. After the tsunami, reconstruction was soon hampered by political patronage, by the competing efforts of hundreds of foreign humanitarian organizations, and by the ongoing civil war. McGilvray describes and compares the regional and ethnic differences in Sri Lanka to give a more complete picture of how disaster relief unfolded in a culturally pluralistic political landscape.
