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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Aid & relief programmes
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and response to Hurricane
Katrina in 2005 exposed the severe consequences of breakdowns in
emergency communications used by first responders. Failures in
emergency communications resulted in numerous lost lives and
exacerbated already challenging situations. These past events have
increased focus on the need to enhance emergency communications to
respond more effectively to future catastrophic disasters.
Effective response to catastrophic disasters will require that
first responders - law enforcement personnel, fire-fighters, and
others first on the scene - have reliable communication systems,
including supporting infrastructure, facilities and staff. This
book focuses on the issues and vulnerabilities to emergency
communications systems, the federal assistance available and other
challenges with these efforts.
After almost forty years of development aid most commentators agree
that aid as we know it has not worked. Aid fatigue is suffered on
both the donor and recipient sides, with a wide divergence between
those who call for a radical overhaul of aid delivery methods,
those who advocate a complete end to development aid and those who
continually demand significant increases in aid flows. David Fee
provides a refreshing, insightful and comprehensive analysis of how
an exit may actually be possible - drawing on real experience and
as such supplying a simple summary of recommended policy steps. The
author thoroughly reviews aid for trade, regional integration and
microfinance and a host of other solutions that have been proposed
- arguing that an exit strategy for both donors and the least
developed countries will have to consider the optimal combination
of these specific initiatives to best satisfy the necessity of
development and at the same time solve the problems of conventional
aid.
A global health crisis creates great uncertainty, high stress, and
anxiety within society. During such a crisis, when information is
unavailable or inconsistent, and when people feel unsure of what
they know or what anyone knows, behavioral science indicates an
increased human desire for transparency, direction, and meaning of
what has happened. At such a time, the roles of stakeholders that
emerge with their words and actions can help keep people safe, help
them cope with emotions, and ultimately bring their experience into
context leading to meaningful results. But as this crisis shifts
beyond public health and workplace safety, there are implications
for business continuity, job loss, and radically different ways of
working. While some may already seek meaning from the crisis and
move towards the ""next normal,"" others feel a growing uncertainty
and are worried about the future. Therefore, it is important to
analyze the role of stakeholders during these uncertain times.
Stakeholder Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Global Health
Crises provides a comprehensive resource on stakeholder action and
strategies to deal with crises by analyzing the needs of society
during global health crises, how stakeholders should communicate,
and how resilience and peace can be promoted in times of chaos. The
chapters cover the roles of stakeholders during a pandemic spanning
from the government and international development agencies to
industry and non-government organizations, community-based
organizations, and more. This book not only highlights the
responsibilities of each of the stakeholders but also showcases the
best practices seen during the COVID-19 pandemic through existing
theories and case studies. This book is intended for researchers in
the fields of sociology, political science, public administration,
mass media and communication, crisis and disaster management, and
more, along with government officials, policymakers, medical
agencies, executives, managers, medical professionals,
practitioners, stakeholders, academicians, and students interested
in the role of stakeholders during global health crises.
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Woodward
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Deena K Fisher, Robin D Hohweiler
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This book, which brings together scholars from the developed and
developing world, explores one of the most salient features of
contemporary international relations: South-South cooperation. It
builds on existing empirical evidence and offers a comparative
analytical framework to critically analyse the aid policies and
programmes of ten rising donors from the global South. Amongst
these are several BRICS (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) but
also a number of less studied countries, including Cuba, Venezuela,
the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Turkey, and Korea. The chapters
trace the ideas, identities and actors that shape contemporary
South-South cooperation, and also explore potential differences and
points of convergence with traditional North-South aid. This
thought-provoking edited collection will appeal to students and
scholars of international relations, international political
economy, development, economics, area studies and business.
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