Human Service Organizations in the Disaster Context

1. Introduction: Human Service Organizations and Disasters
Kate Heugten

2. Roles and Activities of Human Services in the Aftermath of Disasters
Kate Heugten

3. Theories for Praxis
Kate Heugten

4. The Canterbury Earthquakes
Kate Heugten

5. The Canterbury Earthquakes and the Politics of Disasters
Kate Heugten

6. Making Sense of Human Services in the Context of Community Disasters
Kate Heugten

7. Values, Meaning Making, and Community Building
Kate Heugten

8. Supporting the Human Services to Strengthen Communities
Kate Heugten

Keywords: Social Sciences, Environmental Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Work and Community Development, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, general, Social Care