Improving Theory and Research on Hazard Mitigation: Political Economy and Organizational Perspectives
| Author(s) | Tierney, Kathleen J. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2007-07-20T18:49:42Z | |
| Date Available | 2007-07-20T18:49:42Z | |
| Publication Date | 1989-11 | |
| Abstract | This paper opens with a discussion of the progress that has been made to date in research and theory on mitigation. It goes on to suggest approaches that, by addressing neglected aspects of mitigation-related issues, may improve our understanding of the topic. Woven through the paper are calls for several shifts in emphasis with respect to studies on mitigation: (1) from a social system, consensus model to a conflict model on society and community; (2) from an event-based, discontinuous concept of disaster and mitigation to a view that stresses the continuity between ongoing social life and the disruption occasioned by natural and technological agents; (3) from the study of the social consequences of disasters to the study of aspects of the social order that increase risk and lead to disasters; and (4) from an individualistic, social psychological approach to mitigation to a perspective that takes into account macrolevel social phenomena. | en |
| Citation | International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters | en |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/2774 | |
| Language | en_US | en |
| Publisher | Research Committee on Disasters, International Sociological Association | en |
| Part of Series | Article | en |
| Part of Series | 212 | en |
| Keywords | Disaster Research | en |
| Keywords | Natural Hazards | en |
| Keywords | Mitigation | en |
| Keywords | Theory | en |
| Keywords | Politics | en |
| Keywords | Organizations | en |
| Title | Improving Theory and Research on Hazard Mitigation: Political Economy and Organizational Perspectives | en |
| Type | Article | en |