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Winner, Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award, Association for
Humanist Sociology, 2016 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award
of the Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological
Association, 2016 Honorable Mention, Leo Goodman Award, Methodology
Section, American Sociological Association, 2016 When children
experience upheaval and trauma, adults often view them as either
vulnerable and helpless or as resilient and able to easily
“bounce back.” But the reality is far more complex for the
children and youth whose lives are suddenly upended by disaster.
How are children actually affected by catastrophic events and how
do they cope with the damage and disruption? Children of Katrina
offers one of the only long-term, multiyear studies of young people
following disaster. Sociologists Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek
spent seven years after Hurricane Katrina interviewing and
observing several hundred children and their family members,
friends, neighbors, teachers, and other caregivers. In this book,
they focus intimately on seven children between the ages of three
and eighteen, selected because they exemplify the varied
experiences of the larger group. They find that children followed
three different post-disaster trajectories—declining, finding
equilibrium, and fluctuating—as they tried to regain stability.
The children’s moving stories illuminate how a devastating
disaster affects individual health and well-being, family
situations, housing and neighborhood contexts, schooling, peer
relationships, and extracurricular activities. This work also
demonstrates how outcomes were often worse for children who were
vulnerable and living in crisis before the storm. Fothergill and
Peek clarify what kinds of assistance children need during
emergency response and recovery periods, as well as the individual,
familial, social, and structural factors that aid or hinder
children in getting that support.
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in
Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that
continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive
human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and
communities. These events bring social vulnerability to the
forefront in considering how disasters unfold, clearly revealing
that disasters are not created from the physical event alone.
Equally important, people-even those considered vulnerable-respond
in innovative and resilient ways that unveil the strength of human
ingenuity and spirit. It is not a foregone conclusion that a hazard
event, even a large one, will result in catastrophic loss. This
updated second edition of Social Vulnerability to Disasters focuses
on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the
characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies
unfurl. By carefully examining and documenting social
vulnerabilities throughout the disaster management cycle, the book
remains essential to emergency management professionals, the
independent volunteer sector, homeland security, and related social
science fields, including public policy, sociology, geography,
political science, urban and regional planning, and public health.
The new edition is fully updated, more international in scope, and
incorporates significant recent disaster events. It also includes
new case studies to illustrate important concepts. By understanding
the nuances of social vulnerability and how these vulnerabilities
compound one another, we can take steps to reduce the danger to
at-risk populations and strengthen community resilience overall.
Features and Highlights from the Second Edition: Contains
contributions from leading scholars, professionals, and academics,
who draw on their areas of expertise to examine vulnerable
populations Incorporates disaster case studies to illustrate
concepts, relevant and seminal literature, and the most recent data
available In addition to highlighting the U.S. context, integrates
a global approach and includes numerous international case studies
Highlights recent policy changes and current disaster management
approaches Infuses the concept of community resilience and building
capacity throughout the text Includes new chapters that incorporate
additional perspectives on social vulnerability Instructor's guide,
PowerPoint (R) slides, and test bank available with qualifying
course adoption
Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who
survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the
worst natural disaster in U.S. history. This book describes the
challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race,
gender, sexual orientation, and disability in their disaster
recovery. The women found themselves face-to-face with social and
familial upheaval, emotional and physical trauma, precarious
economic and social status, and feelings of loss and violation. By
exploring the experiences of these women, author Alice Fothergill
contributes to broader sociological discussions about women's
changing roles, the stigma of needing and receiving assistance,
family relationships under stress, domestic violence, downward
mobility, and the importance of "home" to one's identity and sense
of self. Heads above Water offers poignant insight into women's
everyday lives in an extraordinary time.
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