The dynamics of power in disaster response networks

IF 1.9 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2021-03-24 DOI:10.1002/RHC3.12218

K. Boersma, J. Ferguson, P. Groenewegen, J. Wolbers

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Abstract

Funding information Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Grant/Award Number: 409‐14‐003 Abstract A major challenge for disaster scholars and policymakers is to understand the power dimension in response networks, particularly relating to collaboration and coordination. We propose a conceptual framework to study interests and negotiations in and between various civic and professional, response networks drawing on the concepts of “programming” and “switching” proposed by Manuel Castells in his work on the network society. Programming in disaster response refers to the ability to constitute response networks and to program/reprogram them in terms of the goals assigned to the network. Switching is the ability to connect different networks by sharing common goals and combining resources. We employ these concepts to understand how the US Federal Emergency Management Agency organized its response in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Our conceptual framework can be used both by disaster scholars and policymakers to understand how networked power is constructed and utilized.

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救灾网络中的权力动态

资助信息Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek，赠款/奖项编号：409‐14‐003摘要灾害学者和决策者面临的一个主要挑战是了解应对网络中的权力层面，特别是与合作和协调有关的权力层面。我们根据Manuel Castells在其关于网络社会的工作中提出的“编程”和“切换”的概念，提出了一个概念框架来研究各种公民和专业响应网络中的利益和谈判。灾害应对中的规划是指建立应对网络并根据分配给网络的目标对其进行规划/重新规划的能力。交换是通过共享共同目标和组合资源来连接不同网络的能力。我们利用这些概念来了解美国联邦紧急事务管理局是如何在卡特里娜飓风和桑迪飓风之后组织应对的。我们的概念框架可供灾害学者和决策者使用，以了解网络化电力是如何构建和利用的。

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Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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