Progress in Human Geography · 2009 · 482 citations · 36 references
Social SciencesGeographyPolitical ScienceDisaster GovernancePolitical GeographySocial GeographyDisaster PoliticsEmergency Management GovernanceGeopoliticsClimate Change RegimeDisaster AdaptationHuman Security GovernancePolitical Ecology Of DisastersResearch Agenda SettingResearch Agenda-setting TheorySocial Contract DesignSociopolitical Context
Interest in disaster politics has been revived by climate‑change concerns and broader human‑security issues. The study reviews prior research to develop a framework for analyzing post‑disaster political space and proposes future research priorities. The framework is built around a contested social contract and illustrated using the Marmara earthquake to show multi‑scale, phased political change. The Marmara earthquake case demonstrates that post‑disaster political change unfolds across multiple scales and over time.
Calls from the climate change community and a more widespread concern for human security have reawakened the interest of geographers and others in disaster politics. A legacy of geographical research on the political causes and consequences of disaster is reviewed and built on to formulate a framework for the analysis of post-disaster political space. This is constructed around the notion of a contested social contract. The Marmara earthquake, Turkey, is used to illustrate the framework and provide empirical detail on the multiple scales and time phasing of post-disaster political change. Priorities for a future research agenda in disaster politics are proposed.
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