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Stories from the frontlines: decolonising social contracts for disasters
Ayesha Siddiqi1, Jose Jowel P Canuday2
1Lecturer, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom.
Disasters
|August 17, 2018
Summary
Disasters in conflict zones do not break the state-citizen social contract, but reveal its dynamic and resilient nature. People experience
Area of Science:
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Disaster Studies
Background:
- Disasters are often viewed as critical junctures that can fracture the social contract between states and citizens.
- This perspective is particularly relevant in conflict-affected regions where state capacity is already challenged.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present new perspectives on the state-citizen social contract in disaster contexts within conflict-affected areas.
- To challenge the notion that disasters invariably lead to state failure or insurgent control in these regions.
Main Methods:
- Utilized ethnographic data from two case studies in the southern Philippines.
- Analyzed the dynamics of social contracts during complex disaster events in a conflict setting.
Main Results:
- Found that disasters in conflict-affected areas do not necessarily result in a 'break' of the social contract leading to state failure.
- Demonstrated that the state-citizen contract is characterized by dynamic contestation and malleable resilience.
- Observed that pre-existing inequalities and anxieties within social contracts shape differentiated experiences of 'disaster citizenship'.
Conclusions:
- Social contracts in conflict-affected regions are not easily broken by disasters but are instead reshaped and contested.
- Disaster experiences highlight the complex and often resilient nature of state-citizen relationships, even amidst conflict and suffering.
- Understanding 'disaster citizenship' is crucial for addressing the nuanced realities of state-citizen interactions in crisis zones.
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