Diaspora Advocacy Coalitions and Networks: A Focus on Haiti's Disasters

侨民倡导联盟和网络：关注海地的灾难

基本信息

批准号：
1162438
负责人：
Alka Sapat
金额：
$ 30万
依托单位：
Florida Atlantic University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-01 至 2016-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1162438&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Diaspora Advocacy Coalitions Networks Focus

项目摘要

This research focuses on Haitian diaspora groups and their networks within the U.S. and transnationally to understand their role in fostering disaster resilience and recovery after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. We focus on two main questions: 1) How do diaspora groups influence long-term post-disaster recovery and resilience through transnational advocacy efforts? 2) How do diaspora groups function as organizational and social networks in the context of disaster recovery? The study area will focus on areas with large concentrations of Haitian-American populations and diaspora groups: South Florida, New York, Boston/MA, and the Atlanta area in Georgia. These areas are where approximately 80 percent of the Haitian-American diaspora reside and are also where most Haitian-American diaspora coalitions and groups are based. In-depth interviews and online surveys will serve as the primary research method, and will be conducted with members of Haitian-American community groups, as well as other key stakeholders including: non-profit organizations, local, state, and federal officials, international aid organizations, and immigration officials and advocates. We will also conduct secondary data analysis of pre-existing plans and policies and relevant government documents. Social Network Analysis (SNA) will be used as a tool to map the structure and type of diaspora networks, including familial, kinship, and social networks, along with formal coordination and cooperation patterns with government and non-governmental organizations. This research will transform and extend knowledge and theories related to the international dimensions of recovery. Studying diaspora networks in host countries and in the international community is also new and unique and will advance scholarly and practical understandings of transnational social capital, capacity, and coordination in the continuum of disaster response to long term recovery and rebuilding. Potential contributions span and benefit those in disciplines that are involved with disaster planning and recovery, social network ties and related analyses, emergency management, homeland security, infrastructure planning, post-disaster economic development, evacuation, sheltering, and housing recovery. This research will ultimately help host communities, advocacy groups, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and international aid agencies in developing mechanisms to foster disaster recovery, development, and for effective resource allocation, along with informing responses to future disasters and disaster-induced migration.

这项研究的重点是美国境内的海地侨民及其网络，并在跨跨的情况下，以了解他们在2010年海地地震后促进灾难弹性和恢复中的作用。我们关注两个主要问题：1）散居群体如何通过跨国倡导工作影响长期的灾后恢复和韧性？ 2）在灾难恢复的背景下，侨民群体如何充当组织和社交网络？研究区将集中在海地裔美国人和侨民群体中的地区：南佛罗里达州，纽约，波士顿/马萨诸塞州以及佐治亚州的亚特兰大地区。这些地区是海地裔美国人侨民约80％的地方，也是大多数海地裔美国侨民联盟和群体所在的地方。深入的访谈和在线调查将作为主要研究方法，并将与海地裔美国人社区团体以及其他主要利益相关者一起进行，包括：非营利组织，地方，州和联邦官员，国际援助组织以及移民官员和倡导者。我们还将对现有的计划和政策以及相关政府文件进行辅助数据分析。社交网络分析（SNA）将被用作绘制散居者网络的结构和类型的工具，包括家族，亲属关系和社交网络，以及与政府和非政府组织的正式协调和合作模式。这项研究将改变和扩展与恢复国际维度有关的知识和理论。在东道国和国际社会中研究侨民网络也是新的和独特的，它将在对长期恢复和重建的灾难响应中的跨国社会资本，能力和协调方面的学术和实践理解。潜在的贡献涵盖了与灾难计划和恢复，社交网络关系以及相关分析，应急管理，国土安全，基础设施计划，污水策划后经济发展，疏散，庇护和住房恢复有关的学科的人。这项研究最终将帮助接待社区，倡导团体，政府和非政府组织以及国际援助机构，以开发促进灾难恢复，发展和有效资源分配的机制，并告知对未来灾难和灾难引起的移民的反应。