| Title | Disaster politics: tipping points for change in the adaptation of sociopolitical regimes |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Authors | Pelling, Mark, and Kathleen Dill |
| Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 21-37 |
| ISSN | 0309-1325, 1477-0288 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| URL | http://phg.sagepub.com/content/34/1/21 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0309132509105004 |
| Short Title | Disaster politics |
