Leadership And Collaborative Governance In Managing Emergencies And Crises
Abstract
Leadership and governance are two concepts very central to disaster management. This chapter analyzes disaster and crisis management in two mega-disasters of 2010: the Haiti Earthquake and Pakistan Floods. These two cases are compared and contrasted from collaborative governance, international coordination, and multi-layered leadership perspectives. Findings indicate that leadership is a multi-layered and multi-dimensional phenomenon and concept in disasters and collaborative settings. Leadership layers comprise presidential and political leadership, civilian government leadership, military leadership, international humanitarian leadership which is primarily UN centric, and also community leadership. Comparative governance and leadership structures in the two countries show that the Pakistan military response and their leadership stand out because of their commendable efforts in the flood response and relief phases. On the other hand, Haiti has no military forces and had to rely heavily on the US military. Overall political leadership seems to be very weak in the two countries. The issue of competitive elections in Haiti, the deaths of many government officials and the destruction of government offices in the capital city contributed to worsening Haiti’s government response. Findings also indicate that the International humanitarian leadership which is UN centric, and follows a UN cluster approach, has ample shortcomings and needs to be revamped and improved.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Risk Governance: The Articulation of Hazard, Politics and Ecology
Number of Pages
211-235
Document Type
Article; Book Chapter
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9328-5_13
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84943339830 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84943339830
STARS Citation
Kapucu, Naim, "Leadership And Collaborative Governance In Managing Emergencies And Crises" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 1365.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/1365