Disasters as an Opportunity to Build Social Capital

Dussaillant, Francisca; Guzmán, Eugenio

doi:10.4172/1522-4821.1000270

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“…On the other hand, our finding regarding the increase in cognitive social capital with the pandemic is consistent with studies conducted after earthquakes in Japan, Pakistan, and Chile, which have generally shown an increase in cognitive social capital following these disasters, particularly in places where pre-disaster levels of social capital were higher ( Dussaillant and Guzmán Astete, 2015 ). Disasters may strengthen social bonds by building a sense of solidarity and common identity through shared hardship, creating opportunities for collective activity, and increasing trust of strangers ( Dussaillant and Guzmán Astete, 2015 ; Lee and Fraser, 2019 ; Ntontis et al, 2018 ; Partelow, 2021 ; Toya and Skidmore, 2014 ; Yamamura, 2016 ). The COVID-19 pandemic similarly seems to have had positive impacts on social capital, ( Cappelen et al, 2020 ) especially in enclaves, where we observed more pronounced increases.…”

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“…Social trust appears to have decreased following the Spanish Flu pandemic 1918–1920, possibly because of the failure of governments and public health institutions to contain the crisis ( Aassve et al, 2021 ). Dussaillant and Guzman ( Dussaillant and Guzmán Astete, 2015 ) suggest that disasters might erode social trust in conditions of scarce recovery resources, unequal access to information and opportunities during recovery, or displacement.…”

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“…Guidelines about social distancing may have disrupted communities’ ability to facilitate and organize social capital. On the other hand, the experience of the pandemic may have strengthened social bonds by building a sense of solidarity through shared hardship, as has been observed in studies of communities after natural disasters ( Dussaillant and Guzmán Astete, 2015 ).…”

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“…According to Zwick (2013), students continuing success in a programme is attributable to meeting entry requisite qualifications. Developing a college strategic plan is seen as an activity that enables the college to put together proposals of actions that makes it possible for the college to set goals, develop strategies, and engage staff and other stakeholders to initiate and sustain change (Dussaillant & Guzman, 2014). The governing council provides strategic direction for tertiary institutions.…”

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Transition of Colleges of Education in Ghana to Tertiary Institution: Perceptions of Principals about Changes Experienced in the Colleges

2022

JEP

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A non-experimental survey and basic interpretive study were conducted to examine the perceptions of principals of colleges of education in Ghana about change initiatives in the colleges. Data were collected from all the principals of public colleges of education through a Likert-type survey questionnaire and using a semi-structured interview protocols from a focus group. Data collected from the survey were analysed using Chi-square test of independence, while the data from the interview were put into themes and descriptions provided on the adopted change approach and targeted activities undertaken for change initiatives in the colleges. Based on the study findings, the study concluded that change initiatives in the colleges of education were predominantly in the area of establishing governance and administrative structures with focus on priority activities of developing college strategic plan, constituting functional committees of the academic board, adopting committee system for decision making, and operationalizing college governing councils. A major recommendation for practice was that the leadership of the colleges of education should consider the long-term impact of change initiatives in the colleges and adopt the reconstructive approach in executing change.

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“…Moreover, there is the evidence that disasters can, perhaps paradoxically, strengthen social capital (Dussaillant and Guzman, 2015 ). Dussaillant and Guzman ( 2015 ) found that in some cases trust increased after an earthquake and tsunami; disasters influence people's attitudes, behavior and social norms, and thus provide an opportunity to strengthen their social ties. Boehnke et al ( 1989 ) found that higher fear of nuclear war among West German adolescents covaried positively with self-reported wellbeing.…”

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Social capital and the COVID-19 pandemic threat: The Russian experience

Tatarko

Jurcik²,

Boehnke³

2022

Front. Sociol.

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Social capital is an important resource for the wellbeing of both the individual and society. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have been conducted to explore the role of social capital in coping with the negative consequences of the pandemic. However, how the pandemic itself can affect the social capital of people has yet to be studied. Try to fill this gap, we aimed at testing the association between the individually perceived coronavirus threat and such indicators of social capital as general social trust, institutional trust, and the quality of various types of people's social relationships (with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, residents of a locality, residents of a country). Data were collected in different regions of the Russian Federation for a convenience sample of 500 respondents. The study found that the individually perceived coronavirus threat was positively associated with institutional trust, but not with general social trust. Moreover, this covariation was moderated by age: an institutional trust-threat relation emerged only in older respondents with an average age of around 60, but not in younger participants. Furthermore, the study found that perceived coronavirus threat was associated with closer relationships in the family, but simultaneously with an increased distance in relations with neighbors and residents of the respondents' locality. In summary, the study indicated that “strong” ties (i.e., with family, colleagues, and friends) either remained unchanged or were intensified in the face of the pandemic threat, whereas “weak” ties (i.e., with neighbors, residents of the same locality, and fellow citizens) tended to weaken even more.

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Disasters as an Opportunity to Build Social Capital

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Pandemic effects on social capital in residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia

Pandemic effects on social capital in residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia

Transition of Colleges of Education in Ghana to Tertiary Institution: Perceptions of Principals about Changes Experienced in the Colleges

Social capital and the COVID-19 pandemic threat: The Russian experience

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