Rethinking Power

Allen, Amy

doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1998.tb01350.x

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“…Participation in governance can be both formal, for example through elections and interest representation, and informal, for example through empowerment and resistance in political decision-making. Therefore, power dynamics in community resilience include both empowerment and resistance as well as cooperation and learning (related to the differentiation between "power to" and" power with"; see Partzsch, 2016;Allen, 1998). Therefore, structural social resources are also inherent within the structural and cognitive components of social capital (Moser and McIlwaine, 2001), i.e.…”

Section: Resources and Capacitiesmentioning

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Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

Kruse

Abeling

Deeming

et al. 2017

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The level of community is considered to be vital for building disaster resilience. Yet, community resilience as a scientific concept often remains vaguely defined and lacks the guiding characteristics necessary for analysing and enhancing resilience on the ground. The emBRACE framework of community resilience presented in this paper provides a heuristic analytical tool for understanding, explaining and measuring community resilience to natural hazards. It was developed in an iterative process building on existing scholarly debates, on empirical case study work in five countries and on participatory consultation with community stakeholders where the framework was applied and ground-tested in different contexts and for different hazard types. The framework conceptualizes resilience across three core domains: (i) resources and capacities, (ii) actions and (iii) learning. These three domains are conceptualized as intrinsically conjoined within a whole. Community resilience is influenced by these integral elements as well as by extra-community forces comprising disaster risk governance and thus laws, policies and responsibilities on the one hand and on the other, the general societal context, natural and human-made disturbances and system change over time. The framework is a graphically rendered heuristic, which through application can assist in guiding the assessment of community resilience in a systematic way and identifying key drivers and barriers of resilience that affect any particular hazard-exposed community.

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Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

Kruse

Abeling

Deeming

et al. 2017

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Would then not only from a theoretical debate, but part of an epistemological logic that goes beyond a discussion of concepts or methods of investigation or review of key concepts of international relations from a perspective of gender or feminist, but involves a sharing of power and domination of this discipline (Allen, 1998), so their fight from an epistemological point of view goes beyond the theoretical discussion and becomes a struggle for material and symbolic power, and includes the debate on issues that are studied, which is investigated and in general on the big decisions.…”

Section: Revista De Relaciones Internacionales Estrategia Y Seguridadmentioning

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La teoría de las relaciones internacionales bajo una perspectiva feminista

Fernández

Valdés

2016

Rev. relac. int. estrateg . segur .

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The sociological logic of the study of international relations is based on the recognition of the asymmetrical relations of power, from his performing, like realism and neorealism theories arise from there, and this tradition coincides with RESUMENLa lógica sociológica en el estudio de las relaciones internacionales está basada en el reconocimiento de las relaciones asimétricas de poder. Desde este enfoque, tal como en el realismo y el neorrealismo, y las teorías que han surgido de allí, se ha permitido el desarrollo de perspectivas del estudio de género y feminismo, donde el principio epistemológico es la relación asimétrica entre hombres y mujeres en sus roles sociales, culturales, económicos, políticos, etc. Entonces, La perspectiva feminista sobre las Relaciones Internacionales ha introducido el concepto de género como una herramienta esencial para el estudio de las interacciones entre los Estados y el escenario internacional. Sin embargo, a pesar de estos esfuerzos para construir una mejor Teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales, el análisis feminista ha tenido poco impacto en las políticas internacionales. El objetivo de este ensayo es analizar el valor de adoptar una perspectiva feminista en las Relaciones Internacionales.Palabras clave: Teoría de las Relaciones Internacionales, Perspectiva feminista, Género. A TEÓRIA DAS RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS SOB UMA PERSPECTIVA FEMINISTA ResumoA lógica sociológica no estudo das relações internacionais está baseada no reconhecimento das relações assimétricas de poder. Desde este enfoque, como acontece no realismo e o neorrealismo, e as teorias que têm surgido de aí, têm permitido o desenvolvimento das perspectivas dos estudos de género e feminismo, onde o principio epistemológicos é a relação assimétrica entre homes e mulheres em seus roles sociais, culturais, econômicos, políticos, etc. Assim, a perspectiva feminista sobre relações internacionais introduziu o conceito de gênero como uma ferramenta essencial para o estudo das interações entre os Estados e a nível internacional. No entanto, apesar desses esforços para construir uma melhor teoria das relações internacionais, análise feminista teve pouco impacto sobre as políticas internacionais.

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“…We do this by pairing data derived from qualitative interviews and participant observation with quantitative, individual-level survey data and locally contextualized measures of power and class. We adopt the definition outlined by Allen (1998) of power, which suggests that power is the ability of an actor or set of actors to act. This definition is purposefully broad because she goes on to specify modalities of this power.…”

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A Gendered Analysis of Fisherfolk’s Livelihood Adaptation and Coping Responses in the Face of a Seasonal Fishing Ban in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, India

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Summary. -This study investigates how people respond to economic stresses incurred as a result of natural resource regulations. Previous research has demonstrated that in some cases, men and women adapt differently to livelihood stresses. We argue that looking only at an individual's sex is insufficient for understanding why they adapt the way they do. Instead, using the framework of intersectionality, we examine individuals' adaptation strategies and coping responses influenced not only by their sex but also their power and class. Using the case of a closed fishing season in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India we employ interviews, seasonal activities calendars, and surveys to identify key variables that influence an individual's likelihood of employing reactive strategies that may threaten their longer term livelihood sustainability. We show that if we categorize individuals only by sex, then women are more likely to resort to reactive coping than men. However, this sex divide in reactive coping is driven by particular subsets of people who also lack power and/or capital. Furthermore, we find that power and class lead to different outcomes for men and women, with networked power most helpful to women above a certain financial threshold. This study highlights the necessity of examining gender and livelihood adaptations beyond the male versus female dichotomy: considering intersecting and locally relevant measures of power, class, and sex are pivotal in understanding why people adapt and cope the way they do. This understanding of adaptation options may also have implications for resource management decisions that do not force individuals to choose between long-term livelihood resilience and response to immediate stresses.

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Rethinking Power

Cited by 201 publications

References 6 publications

Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

La teoría de las relaciones internacionales bajo una perspectiva feminista

A Gendered Analysis of Fisherfolk’s Livelihood Adaptation and Coping Responses in the Face of a Seasonal Fishing Ban in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, India

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