Social capital, trust, and collective action in post-earthquake Nepal
| Autor: | Veeshan Rayamajhee, Alok K. Bohara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Atmospheric Science Strategic dominance 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Disaster research Public institution 02 engineering and technology Private sector Collective action 01 natural sciences Political science Political economy Natural hazard Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Psychological resilience 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology media_common Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Natural Hazards. 105:1491-1519 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0840 0921-030X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11069-020-04363-4 |
| Popis: | According to the first generation of theories of collective action, utility-maximizing individuals encountering conditions of nonexcludability and nonrivalry free ride rather than cooperate as their dominant strategy. But scholars have documented innumerable successful and unsuccessful collective action efforts after disasters around the world that contradict that idea. We square the findings of disaster research with the second generation of collective action research by demonstrating how important social capital is for understanding voluntary collective action. We apply structural equation modeling and mediation analysis to data we collected from Sindhupalchowk, Nepal, after its 2015 earthquake to show that bonding social capital has the mediated effect of engendering mutual trust and in turn enabling collective action. Further, we demonstrate direct effects of both bonding and bridging/linking social capital on collective action following disasters. We portray social capital as essential in enabling self-governance and fostering resilience in postdisaster scenarios in which the collective burdens of reconstruction and recovery necessitate concerted efforts on the part of the private sector, citizens, and public institutions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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