The Politics of Resilience from a Practitioner's Perspective

An Interview with Helen Braithwaite OBE

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ID6353789
AuthorsJames Brassett (0000-0001-7926-812X), Nick Vaughan-Williams (0000-0002-1689-5932)
Year2013
Volume33
Issue4
Pages229-239
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-9256.12027
OpenAlexW1945589970
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Helen Braithwaite was appointed to the Resilience and Emergencies Division of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in February 2011. She is responsible for the Central area which covers 15 Local Resilience Forums. Prior to this Helen was the Head of the West Midlands Regional Resilience team. Helen has also worked for West Mercia Police in specialist operations and in the emergency planning departments of Hereford and Worcester County Council and Worcestershire County Council. In 2000 Helen was seconded to the Home Office and then Cabinet Office to lead the consultation process on new civil contingencies legislation, which resulted in the Civil Contingencies Act. Helen was awarded an OBE in June 2011

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