Social crises - Topics

Post-crisis inquiries recommend the same fixes as the last inquiry Volunteer surges after a disaster fade long before the rebuilding is done What does a society do in the first 72 hours after a disaster? Banking crises and food crises produce the same political aftershock Emergency powers granted in a crisis rarely get returned Survivors of high-profile disasters get a second life they did not ask for Why crisis response plans fail at the handover between agencies Public trust is the first thing to go in a pandemic and the hardest to rebuild The refugee crisis is a crisis of reception rather than of numbers Rumour outruns official information in every crisis — why? Why some crises produce reform and others only produce blame Austerity after a crisis: who absorbs the cuts first? What actually happens when a government shuts down How a housing shortage turns into a visible homelessness crisis Why crowds panic at one exit and stay calm at another Local leaders matter more than agencies in the first 72 hours of a disaster How tight coupling makes social systems fragile How informal order reemerges after a state collapses Are people more prosocial after a disaster? How do school shootings change ordinary school days for everyone else? Buying panics and bank runs: when collective fear moves money