Dear researchers
and practitioners,
Routledge has called for a new research book
series on Hazards, Disaster Risk and
Climate Change, edited by Ilan Kelman. It seeks (co-)authored and
(co-)edited proposals that should, ideally, contain contributions from a range
of geographic locations. Proposals
should involve well-established scholars, investigating the links between
hazards, disasters and climate change.
Sara Bonati, Lina M. Calandra and Giuseppe
Forino have prepared a draft proposal entitled Disaster, Democracy and Governance, as you will see below. In order
to ensure an effective proposal to the publisher, we plan to also submit a
potential chapter outline of the book. Therefore, we are requesting that scholars
potentially interested in contributing a chapter to the
upcoming edited book would register their interest.
At this stage we
cannot guarantee that our proposal will be accepted for publication. However, we
are confident that the support of expert authors will add significant value to
the proposal in this important research area. If you are genuinely interested
in an eventual participation in our edited book, we will be very happy to
consider your manuscript.
We ask you to
suggest: a) a potential title of your contribution; b) the Section your
contribution could be part of; c) a short abstract (about 200-300 words) with a
description of aims, methodology and expected results.
The deadline for proposals is September 30th. Once
the book outline proposal is (hopefully) accepted, we will contact you asking
to submit your full original chapter in about 6 months.
We
hope the initial time investment in this proposal would be relatively small, as
you may already have drafts ready. We look forward to
working with you. Please direct all inquiries regarding Disaster, Democracy and Governance and your abstract proposal to sara.bonati@gmail.com,
g.forino@gmail.com, lina.calandra@cc.univaq.it.
Best wishes,
Sara, Lina and Giuseppe
*Book Abstract: DEMOCRACY, DISASTERS
& GOVERNANCE
Sara Bonati, Lina M. Calandra, Giuseppe Forino
This is
an invited, edited volume from scholars across all disciplines engaging with
multidisciplinary articulations of disaster management. It analyses
theoretically, empirically and critically the interdependence among democracy,
disasters and governance, and includes worldwide case studies.
According
to Beck’s theory on “risk society”, local and global dynamics are intertwined,
and contribute to frame new social, environmental and political risks in future
scenarios of places and countries. Within this context, local communities are
requiring new mitigation, adaptation and resilience processes in disasters.
Based on these statements, recognizing the strict link of disaster management
with democracy implies also to reflect on the emergence of governance
strategies able to integrate local communities in the governing of places. In
order to highlight the most recent trends in disaster studies, the volume asks
for contributions that critically analyse and discuss local, integrative and
inclusive strategies of disaster management.
Section A of this book investigates the theoretical and conceptual framing of the
complex relationships among democracy and disasters. According to Amartya Sen’s
assumption that “a country does not have to be deemed fit for democracy;
rather, it has to become fit through democracy”, this section discusses if and
how the “democratisation” of disaster management can contribute to increase its
effectiveness, and if and how disaster management can strengthen or neglect the
democratic functioning of local systems.
Section B focuses on the multiple models of risk and disaster governance. It
explores multi-scalar and multi-level approaches to governance, as well as
discussing strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities of
multi-stakeholders approaches, inclusiveness and participation processes, and
the role of democracy in the governance of disasters.
Section C is mainly empirical and investigates significant worldwide case
studies, which refer to the exchange of experiences between local and
scientific communities and to community-led and place-based approaches.
