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In Good Company: Why Social Capital Matters for Women during Disaster Recovery
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In this article, a case study of the city of Golcuk, Turkey suggests that social capital offers benefits for women affected by disasters because it is therapeutic in nature and helps women gain empowerment and avoid the stigma of public assistance.Abstract:
Although social capital has made inroads into the public administration literature, little is known about the gender dimensions of social capital in the context of a disaster. This article examines what kind of benefits, if any, social capital offers for women who are affected by disasters. Studying this question is important because it would help public administrators overcome the unique vulnerabilities of women and strengthen their capabilities in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. This case study of the city of Golcuk, Turkey, suggests that social capital offers benefits for women affected by disasters because it is therapeutic in nature and helps women gain empowerment and avoid the stigma of public assistance. The article offers lessons on how public administrators could build social capital in disaster-stricken communities by enabling face-to-face interaction, initiating leadership programs, and putting in place institutions and policies that are conducive to collective action.read more
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TL;DR: In this paper, anthropological research on the micro-credit program of the Grameen Bank shows that bank workers are expected to increase disbursement of loans among their members and press for high recovery rates to earn profit necessary for economic viability of the institution.
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What Have We Learned since September 11, 2001? A Network Study of the Boston Marathon Bombings Response
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What is ‘social resilience’? Perspectives of disaster researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers in New Zealand
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the perspectives of hazards researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers from New Zealand's Wellington region to understand what social resilience means at the community level, and found that the most frequently mentioned social resilience attributes are community gathering place, followed by social support, knowledge of risks and consequences, collective efficacy and sense of community.
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Women’s empowerment following disaster: A longitudinal study of social change
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined changes in gender relations in a small coastal community as a result of the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami and used vulnerability and resilience as a conceptual framework to analyse these changes.
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The link between social capital and disaster recovery: evidence from coastal communities in Bangladesh
TL;DR: In this article, the role of social capital played in disaster coping and the recovery process among the southwest coastal villages of Bangladesh was explored, where qualitative methods of data collection such as observation, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were carried out with individuals from several occupational groups in the two of most affected villages by cyclone Aila.
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