 | Local Knowledge: Caring Communities: The Role of Nonprofits in Rebuilding the Gulf Coast
August 25, 2009 Research Papers/Studies Daniel Rothschild,
Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Jennifer Zambone,
Jerry Brito,
Lenore Ealy,
Peter Boettke,
Roxanne Alvarez,
Veronique de Rugy,
Virgil Storr |
| This issue of Local Knowledge focuses on the role of nonprofits and social entrepreneurs in rebuilding the Gulf Coast. In this issue you can read research articles that explain what social entrepreneurship is; that discuss how social entrepreneurs and nonprofits play a critical role in the response to and recovery after disasters; and that detail where and when nonprofits have played key parts in rebuilding.
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 | Filling the Civil-Society Vacuum: Post-Disaster Policy and Community Response
February 20, 2009 Mercatus Policy Series Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Virgil Storr |
| This policy comment discusses this civil-society vacuum that is created in the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster and the effect government policies have on community rebound.
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 | There’s No Place Like New Orleans: Sense of Place and Community Recovery in the Ninth Ward After Hurricane Katrina
October 1, 2008 Working Papers Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Virgil Storr |
| This paper investigates the “sense of place” that residents in Ninth Ward New Orleans neighborhoods identify in their narratives about their pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina experiences.
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 | Social Embeddedness, Social Capital and the Market Process: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Austrian Economics, Economic Sociology and Social Capital
September 15, 2008 Journal Articles Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Paul Lewis |
| Two of the most influential concepts in social science over the past two decades have been ‘social embeddedness’ and ‘social capital’. The essays in this symposium examine these concepts from the perspective provided by Austrian economics, considering their compatibility with the Austrian theory of the market process and whether reformulating them in the light of Austrian ideas can contribute fresh insights.
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| Discovery and Social Learning in Non-Priced Environments: An Austrian View of Social Network Theory
September 15, 2008 Journal Articles Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Justus Myers |
| This article engages in a cross-disciplinary discussion between Austrian economics and social network theory. In particular, it asks what role social networks play in the extended order in regard to both individual discovery and whether social networks can be the source of widespread unintended cooperation among individuals unknown to one another.
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 | The Entrepreneur's Role in Post-Disaster Community Recovery
September 1, 2008 Mercatus Policy Series Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Virgil Storr |
| This Policy Primer examines the role that economic entrepreneurs play in post-disaster community recovery and describes how social entrepreneurs promote community resilience.
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| The Political Economy of Post-Katrina Recovery: Public-Choice Style Critiques from the Ninth Ward, New Orleans
August 29, 2008 Working Papers Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Virgil Storr |
| This paper provides an account of the political economy critique that residents and other stakeholders in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward communities hold of the post-Katrina policy environment.
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| Signaling Effects of Commercial and Civil Society in Post-Katrina Reconstruction
August 1, 2008 Journal Articles Emily Chamlee-Wright |
| This paper examines the role private action has played in overcoming the collective action problem posed by Hurricane Katrina.
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| The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Disaster Recovery
July 11, 2008 Working Papers Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Virgil Storr |
| This paper examines the role of the social entrepreneur in post-Katrina recovery and presents implications for policy.
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 | Mercatus on Policy: Hosting a Disaster
June 2, 2008 Mercatus On Policy Daniel Rothschild,
Emily Chamlee-Wright |
| Professor Emily Chamlee-Wright and Associate Director Daniel Rothschild examine policies that can prepare cities to host an evacuee population. |
