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Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context by Kate van Heugten (Hardcover, 2014)

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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.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781137389602
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208854624

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Economic Sociology, Social Services
Author
Kate Van Heugten
Publication Name
Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
209 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
3796g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Kate Van Heugten
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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