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The politics of risk in the Philippines

Comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management

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ID5052639
AuthorsGreg Bankoff (0000-0002-5493-0057, University of Hull), D Hilhorst (0000-0003-2280-6833)
Year2009
Volume33
Issue4
Pages686-704
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01104.x
PMID19459919
OpenAlexW1980567584
LanguageEN
Citations received50
References cited24

It is now generally appreciated that what constitutes vulnerability to one person is not necessarily perceived as such by the next. Different actors 'see' disasters as different types of events and as a result they prepare for, manage and record them in very different ways. This paper explores what different perceptions of vulnerability mean in terms of the understanding and practices of two significant sets of actors and stakeholders involved in disaster preparedness and management in the Philippines: the state and NGOs. Approaches to disaster are not just a function of people's perceptions of disaster risk but also of their understanding of the prevailing social order and social relations. Despite a shared vocabulary-which increasingly presents disasters as processes rather than events, takes a proactive rather than a reactive approach, and favours the inclusion of stakeholders rather than solely relying on technocratic management-different realities continue to make for different responses

Business · Computer security · Emergency management · Environmental health · Function (biology · Inclusion (mineral · Order (exchange · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Preparedness · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Risk management · Social vulnerability · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Technocracy · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Computer Science · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Medicine · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works50
Citations per year3,13
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 49
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