Continuity, social change and Katrina

Henry, Jacques

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01201.x

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“…Harm and victimisation in disaster and its aftermath (sometimes at the hands of official agencies) do not stand apart from broader organisational and structural contexts (see, e.g. Lagadec, 2004;Ramon, 2004;Tucker, 2004;Dynes and Rodriguez, 2005;Kaufman, 2005;Lukes, 2005;Davis, 2007;Scraton, 2007;Henry, 2011). Rather, it may be at just the point of disaster's impact that victims need skilled, knowledgeable and powerful advocates for their needs and their rights.…”

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“…The concept of 'continuity', discussed below-emphasising the continuing salience of pre-disaster arrangements and conditions at micro and macro levels through impact and aftermath-has tended in official discourse to become associated only with the needs of business resilience. However, at a theoretical level, it implies the continuing (and perhaps even enhanced) significance of preexisting social inequalities and conflict (Green et al, 2007;Tierney, 2007;Henry, 2011).…”

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“…Fundamentally, there is the need to avoid the wishful thinking involved in framing crisis as trending inevitably towards consensus, divorced somehow from pre-disaster inequality and conflict (Tierney, 2007). Rather, 'continuity' implies the continuing pervasiveness of social change, power and conflict at all levels (Henry, 2011).…”

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Contextual Challenges for Crisis Support in the Immediate Aftermath of Major Incidents in the UK

Davis

2012

British Journal of Social Work

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Crisis support teams guide survivors and bereaved through the traumatic first hours and days after disaster. Comprised largely of volunteer social workers, they focus on providing practical, pragmatic support: 'orienting', rather than 'counselling' service users. This article examines the generally unacknowledged contextual challenges of crisis support work in the UK. In time-compressed circumstances, making sense of 'major incidents' requires imaginative and reflexive assessment. First, incidents sit within a potentially wide variety of interrelated dimensions, generating demands across geographical, jurisdictional and organisational boundaries. Second, crisis response occurs within processes of 'sense-making' that often involve controversy and social conflict. Third, intra and inter-organisational factors may pose significant difficulties for crisis support responders. Notwithstanding an overdue official recognition of the 'rights' of disaster victims, other recent developments-within social care, private sector 'customer care' and in policing and security-present under-researched challenges for crisis support teams. It is suggested in conclusion that the role and operation of crisis support teams are overdue for review. Issues pertinent to such review are offered.

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Contextual Challenges for Crisis Support in the Immediate Aftermath of Major Incidents in the UK

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2012

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“…In the current studies of resilience, the term is defined more predominantly as the ability of a system to retain its identity by absorbing destabilizing shocks and disturbances . Even though this traditional view remains prominent, studies on accidents, disasters, and catastrophes have shown that systems undergo considerable intentional change (actor induced) to support the existing identities and functions . Any sociotechnical system that faces massive‐scale shocks and disruptions will have to transform its configuration to another format to cope up with the suddenly altered environment in which it is expected to continue functioning.…”

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Sociotechnical Resilience: A Preliminary Concept

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2017

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This article presents the concept of sociotechnical resilience by employing an interdisciplinary perspective derived from the fields of science and technology studies, human factors, safety science, organizational studies, and systems engineering. Highlighting the hybrid nature of sociotechnical systems, we identify three main constituents that characterize sociotechnical resilience: informational relations, sociomaterial structures, and anticipatory practices. Further, we frame sociotechnical resilience as undergirded by the notion of transformability with an emphasis on intentional activities, focusing on the ability of sociotechnical systems to shift from one form to another in the aftermath of shock and disturbance. We propose that the triad of relations, structures, and practices are fundamental aspects required to comprehend the resilience of sociotechnical systems during times of crisis.

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“…On the importance of such continuity, see Hoffman (1999); Hoffman and OliVeRSmith (1999);and HenRy (2011). 6. This is the erstwhile Hindu custom of burning a widowed woman alive on her dead husband's pyre.…”

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Sevā, Hindutva, and the Politics of Post-Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction in Rural Kutch

Bhattacharjee¹

2016

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The phenomenal rise of Hindu nationalism in Indian politics is in part attributed to its grassroots work centered on a strategy of sevā (social service), which is operated through an array of Hindu nationalist organizations. Participation in service activities paves the way for an embedded form of mobilization that is seemingly unthreatening as it is subtle, nonviolent, and clothed in humanitarianism, in contrast to the more virulent forms of mobilization that are common to the politics of the Hindu Right. Based on empirical evidence drawn from three villages in rural Kutch, this article attempts to understand the ways in which participation in relief and reconstruction after the Bhuj earthquake of 2001 provided an opportunity for the Hindu Right to undertake a creative form of political mobilization that deepened and broadened its support. The disaster relief operation enabled Hindu Right organizations, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), to disseminate and consolidate their ideology of Hinduness (hindutva) and recruit new members. The role of the Hindu Right in relation to the state government in Gujarat is also critically examined. The article highlights the under-analyzed aspects of the moral complexity of evaluating the humanitarian work of the Hindu Right by drawing attention to the compassionate side of the movement.

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Continuity, social change and Katrina

Cited by 16 publications

References 27 publications

Contextual Challenges for Crisis Support in the Immediate Aftermath of Major Incidents in the UK

Contextual Challenges for Crisis Support in the Immediate Aftermath of Major Incidents in the UK

Sociotechnical Resilience: A Preliminary Concept

Sevā, Hindutva, and the Politics of Post-Earthquake Relief and Reconstruction in Rural Kutch

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