When Public Tragedies Happen: Community Practice Approaches in Grief, Loss, and Recovery

Although an expansive literature exists on individual experiences after a catastrophic event, there is less attention to how the community as a social structure experiences a significant tragedy. These public tragedies create disruptions across multiple domains of community functioning. Using the Co...

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Published inJournal of community practice Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 281 - 298
Main Authors Kropf, Nancy P., Jones, Barbara L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Collaboration
community
community building
Community practice
disasters collaboration
Grief
public tragedies
social capital
Social Structure
strong communities
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Summary:Although an expansive literature exists on individual experiences after a catastrophic event, there is less attention to how the community as a social structure experiences a significant tragedy. These public tragedies create disruptions across multiple domains of community functioning. Using the Community Capacity Model (Hart, 1999) as a framework for assessment, outcomes of a public tragedy are described. Additionally, community practice approaches are identified for the three phases that communities subsequently experience: crisis, processing of the event, and adaptation.
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ISSN:1070-5422
1543-3706
DOI:10.1080/10705422.2014.929539