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This book shows how place-based organizing and community action can solve complex problems like long-term recovery after disaster. Jack L. Harris proposes a framework for expanding interorganizational collaborations with communities after disaster through changes in government disaster policy and institutional messages.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Perpetual Disaster Response and Recovery: the New Normal?
Chapter 1: Communicating and Organizing after Disaster
Chapter 2: How Public Policy Shapes the Organizational Landscape of Disaster Recovery
Chapter 3: Writing Community Back into Disaster Recovery: Hyperlocal Organizing and Interorganizational Relationships
Chapter 4: Using Stakeholder Theory to Build Theories of Hyperlocal Organizing
Chapter 5: Hyperlocal Organizing after Hurricane Sandy: The View from Coastal New Jersey and Staten Island New York
Chapter 6: Empowering Community through Hyperlocal Organizing: Implications for Social Resilience and Democratic Governance
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
About the Author
About the author
Jack L. Harris is assistant professor of communication and summer internship director at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Summary
This book shows how place-based organizing and community action can solve complex problems like long-term recovery after disaster. Jack L. Harris proposes a framework for expanding interorganizational collaborations with communities after disaster through changes in government disaster policy and institutional messages.
