Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context (Hardcover)

Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context explores the efforts of human service practitioners to support communities facing the impacts of large-scale hazardous events. Using the stories of frontline workers and managers who lived through devastating earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand in 2010 and 2011, and drawing on international research and sociological theory, van Heugten astutely analyses the challenges and opportunities that arise. In the immediate aftermath of disasters, there is often a surge in altruism giving rise to hope for improved social cohesion. This hope wanes when negative impacts fall unequally on people living in poverty and other vulnerable populations. Political, financial, and professional interest groups vie for power and local citizens' voices are frequently overruled. Human service workers act as boundary spanners, networking between organizations to draw attention to the concerns of vulnerable people, and to advocate for human rights and social justice.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Kate van Heugten
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	209
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-38960-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General
LSN:	1-137-38960-5
Barcode:	9781137389602

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