Risk society without reflexive modernization? The case from northwestern Michigan

Howell, Jordan P.

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2012.04.002

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“…Beck's theories have been applied in different risk contexts around the world (see, e.g., Olofsson and Öhman (), Alaszewski and Coxon () Cruz‐Del Rosario (), Howell ()). However, Beck's theories of risk society have also been subject to critiques by several scholars.…”

Section: Governance Risk and Watermentioning

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Organization and Decision‐Making in Enforced Networks: The River Groups in Northern Sweden

Olausson

Nyhlén

2017

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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This paper examines the Swedish experience of network governance in managing flooding and high flows in Swedish rivers. The aim is to study the networks' organizations and approaches to decision making, and the focus of the paper is on the regional responsibility for coordinating risk awareness and risk analysis in terms of information, prevention and actions. We argue that the absence of central guidelines in the organization of the networks and the fact that the networks are enforced by the government rather than spontaneously formed by participants have resulted in different solutions in terms of focus, organization and decision making, with implications for the networks' effectiveness and the exchange of experience among the networks. These differences and their effects are analyzed in this paper. The study concludes that as a consequence of the vague instructions from the government, the River Groups differ in terms of both decision making and organization, which affect the internal work and organization of the groups. The conclusions reached here are based on interviews with the coordinators of the county administrative boards, complemented by a document study and a literature review.

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Section: Governance Risk and Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

Organization and Decision‐Making in Enforced Networks: The River Groups in Northern Sweden

Olausson

Nyhlén

2017

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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“…La identificación de problemas de seguridad no es lo mismo que su resolución, por lo que la solución de los mismos requiere la atención de aspectos tanto preventivos como correctivos, teniendo en cuenta las diferencias de poder entre las fuerzas gubernamentales y de servicios públicos, las comunitarias y las particulares (Howell, 2012). En la práctica la cultura de seguridad no solamente afecta cómo los miembros de un grupo se relacionan entre sí, sino también la forma en cómo éstos se relacionan con personas y organismos externos al grupo; por ejemplo, la relación entre los miembros afectados por derrames de hidrocarburos y su relación y gestión con la empresa dueña de los ductos, las autoridades reguladoras y de inspección de la seguridad.…”

Section: Cultura De Seguridadunclassified

“…Identifying safety problems is not the same as solving them, so that their solution requires the attention to aspects that are both preventive and corrective, taking into account the differences in power between government forces and public, community and private services (Howell, 2012). In practice, the culture of safety not only affects how the members of a group relate to each other, but also the way in which these relate to people and organizations that are outside the group; for example, the relationship between members affected by hydrocarbon spills and their relation and negotiation with the company that owns the ducts, the regulating authorities and of safety inspection.…”

Section: Cultura De Seguridadmentioning

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“…La organización social puede ir más allá de las actividades usuales en las poblaciones rurales, extendiéndose hacia la construcción de una red de conocimiento y solidaridad sostenida por el desarrollo de competencias y actividades en materias de seguridad, salud, respuesta social, legal y ecológica (Howell, 2012); frente a los cada vez más comunes accidentes y posibles desastres relacionados con los derrames de hidrocarburos en los suelos agrícolas de la región estudiada.…”

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“…The social organization could go beyond the usual activities in rural populations, extending towards the construction of a network of knowledge and solidarity sustained by the development of competencies and activities in matters of safety, health, and social, legal and ecological response (Howell, 2012), in face of the increasingly more common accidents and possible disasters related to the hydrocarbon spills on agricultural soils in the region studied.…”

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Afectaciones y consecuencias de los derrames de hidrocarburos en suelos agrícolas de Acatzingo, Puebla, México.

Cavazos‐Arroyo

Pérez‐Armendáriz

Mauricio-Gutiérrez

2014

ASYD

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ResumenEn México existen extensas áreas de suelos contaminados por hidrocarburos, debido a las tareas de exploración, refinación, falta de mantenimiento y robo de combustible. Los suelos contaminados son alterados en sus características físico-químicas y biológicas, con lo que afectan el ámbito social. En el estado de Puebla existen gasoductos que atraviesan localidades; entre ellas se encuentra Acatzingo, donde se han detectado varios derrames. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo explorar las afectaciones y consecuencias de los derrames de hidrocarburos recientes en Acatzingo y sus alrededores, desde la perspectiva de los campesinos. Se realizó una investigación cualitativa con un diseño transversal con nueve informantes, dos comisarios ejidales y seis ejidatarios; todos ellos con suelos afectados por derrames. Se definieron categorías apriorísticas y emergentes. Los entrevistados mencionaron que se ha incrementado la frecuencia de derrames debido al robo de combustible, ocasionando daños humanos, al patrimonio y ecológicos; asimismo, los productores no cuentan con la información necesaria sobre medidas de seguridad preventiva o reactiva, y no hay ningún tipo de organización entre ellos que les permitiera tener una atención de especialistas para enfrentar una eventualidad de manera más segura, por lo que es importante la creación de una cultura de la seguridad y la integración de redes para localidades que están ubicadas cerca de los gasoductos.Palabras clave: campesinos, impacto ambiental, organización de redes, responsabilidad social, salud. AbstRActIn México there are extensive areas of soils contaminated by hyrocarbons, due to the tasks of exploration and refining, and from lack of maintenance and fuel theft. The contaminated soils are altered in their physical-chemical and biological characteristics, and the social scope is also affected as a result. In the state of Puebla there are gas pipelines that run through localities, among them Acatzingo, where several spills have been detected. This study had the objective of exploring the impacts and consequences of recent hydrocarbon spills in Acatzingo and its surroundings, from the perspective of the peasants. Qualitative research was performed with a transversal design with nine informants, two ejido commissioners and six ejidatarios; all of them with soils affected by spills. Aprioristic and emerging categories were defined. Those interviewed mentioned that there has been an increase in the frequency of the spills due to fuel theft, causing human, patrimonial and ecologic damages; likewise, the producers do not have the information necessary regarding the preventive or reactive security measures, and there is no manner of organization among them that would allow them to have attention from specialists to face a contingency in a safer way, so that the creation of a safety culture is important, as well as the integration of networks for localities that are located near gas pipelines.

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Mechanisation, wages, and royalties: Unpacking coal lock-in through 120 years of parliamentary debates in the world's largest exporter

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Scelsi,

Kentish

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Energy Research & Social Science

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Risk society without reflexive modernization? The case from northwestern Michigan

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Organization and Decision‐Making in Enforced Networks: The River Groups in Northern Sweden

Organization and Decision‐Making in Enforced Networks: The River Groups in Northern Sweden

Afectaciones y consecuencias de los derrames de hidrocarburos en suelos agrícolas de Acatzingo, Puebla, México.

Mechanisation, wages, and royalties: Unpacking coal lock-in through 120 years of parliamentary debates in the world's largest exporter

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