Stefanie Haeffele is Deputy Director, Academic and Student Programs and senior fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University and her B.B.A. from the University of North Alabama, and previously worked in emergency and disaster management at both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then the US Forest Service as a Presidential Management Fellow.Virgil Henry Storr is Vice President, Academic and Student Programs, and Don C. Lavoie Research Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. He also is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Dr. Storr received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and his B.A. from Beloit College.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The What, How, and Why of Bottom-up Rebuilding and Recovery after Natural Disasters.- 3. Nonviolent Action.- 4. The Private Sector's Contribution to Natural Disaster Response.- 5. Formation of Public-Private Partnerships by Local Emergency Managers.- 6. Children Take Charge: Helping Behaviors and Organized Action among Young People after Hurricane Katrina.- 7. Bottom-up State-building.- 8. Government Intervention Induced Structural Crises: Exploratory Notes on the Patterns of Evolution and Response.

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Stefanie Haeffele is Deputy Director, Academic and Student Programs and senior fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University and her B.B.A. from the University of North Alabama, and previously worked in emergency and disaster management at both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then the US Forest Service as a Presidential Management Fellow.Virgil Henry Storr is Vice President, Academic and Student Programs, and Don C. Lavoie Research Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. He also is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Dr. Storr received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and his B.A. from Beloit College.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The What, How, and Why of Bottom-up Rebuilding and Recovery after Natural Disasters.- 3. Nonviolent Action.- 4. The Private Sector's Contribution to Natural Disaster Response.- 5. Formation of Public-Private Partnerships by Local Emergency Managers.- 6. Children Take Charge: Helping Behaviors and Organized Action among Young People after Hurricane Katrina.- 7. Bottom-up State-building.- 8. Government Intervention Induced Structural Crises: Exploratory Notes on the Patterns of Evolution and Response.

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Stefanie Haeffele is Deputy Director, Academic and Student Programs and senior fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University and her B.B.A. from the University of North Alabama, and previously worked in emergency and disaster management at both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then the US Forest Service as a Presidential Management Fellow.Virgil Henry Storr is Vice President, Academic and Student Programs, and Don C. Lavoie Research Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, USA. He also is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Dr. Storr received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and his B.A. from Beloit College.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The What, How, and Why of Bottom-up Rebuilding and Recovery after Natural Disasters.- 3. Nonviolent Action.- 4. The Private Sector's Contribution to Natural Disaster Response.- 5. Formation of Public-Private Partnerships by Local Emergency Managers.- 6. Children Take Charge: Helping Behaviors and Organized Action among Young People after Hurricane Katrina.- 7. Bottom-up State-building.- 8. Government Intervention Induced Structural Crises: Exploratory Notes on the Patterns of Evolution and Response.

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