Search Results - "Matthewman, Steve"

A sociology of Covid-19 by Matthewman, Steve, Huppatz, Kate

“…The Covid-19 pandemic presents the profoundest public health and economic crisis of our times. The seemingly impossible has happened: borders have closed,…”
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Vulnerable and resilient? Immigrants and refugees in the 2010–2011 Canterbury and Tohoku disasters by Uekusa, Shinya, Matthewman, Steve

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'Look no further than the exterior': Corruption in New Zealand by Steve Matthewman

“…Transparency International considers New Zealand the least corrupt country in the world. Yet ranking systems can flatter to deceive. This article takes a…”
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'Look no further than the exterior' : corruption and disaster in New Zealand? by Matthewman, Steve

“…Transparency International considers New Zealand the least corrupt country in the world - perceptions-based measure that ignores the private sector - call for…”
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Standing upright here: critical disaster studies viewed from the Antipodes by Matthewman, Steve, Lambert (Tūhoe, Ngāti Ruapani), Simon J.

“…ABSTRACTThis article seeks to reinvigorate disaster scholarship, given the disastrous times we find ourselves in. In order to do so, we extend the spatial and…”
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Air-conditioning in New Zealand: power and policy by Byrd, Hugh, Matthewman, Steve, Rasheed, Eziaku

“…Policies, codes, standards and voluntary ‘green’ assessments have exacerbated cooling demand in New Zealand’s commercial buildings. Building codes allow…”
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Towards a strong program in the sociology of war, the military and civil society by West, Brad, Matthewman, Steve

“…In this article we make the case for a strong program of sociological research into war, the military and their symmetry with civil society, pointing to the…”
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Accidentology: Towards a Sociology of Accidents and Disasters by Matthewman, Steve

“…While the unintended consequences of social action have exercised the sociological imagination since the discipline’s inception, sociology is yet to fully…”
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Is adoption an environmental threat? Domestication fantasies in Swedish adoption narratives by Wyver, Richey, Matthewman, Steve

“…In 2017 Ghassan Hage published Is Racism an Environmental Threat? The book’s question misleads. For Hage does not seek to show that the former leads to the…”
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Populist resistance and alternative transitions: Indigenous ownership of energy infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand by MacArthur, Julie, Matthewman, Steve

“…•Populism and protectionism can both have important links in practice to progressive social struggles.•Settler states face a unique dual energy justice…”
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Preparing multilingual disaster communication for the crises of tomorrow: A conceptual discussion by Uekusa, Shinya, Matthewman, Steve

“…This paper offers a conceptual discussion about how multilingualism can provide an unusual yet effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategy in multilingual…”
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Theorizing disaster communitas by Matthewman, Steve, Uekusa, Shinya

“…Disaster scholars have long complained that their field is theory light: they are much better at doing and saying than analyzing. The paucity of theory…”
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Locked into a permanent position of vulnerability? Farmers’ trust and social capital with the government from Critical Disaster Studies perspectives by Nguyen-Trung, Kien, Uekusa, Shinya, Matthewman, Steve

“…In disaster scholarship, there is limited understanding about how vulnerability is socially constructed by a convergence of varying social structural and…”
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From goods to goats: examining post-disaster livelihood recovery in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake 2015 by Karki, Jeevan, Matthewman, Steve, Grayman, Jesse Hession

“…Disasters can have substantial impacts on people’s livelihoods in developing countries. Further, if the need for livelihood interventions is ignored or…”
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The limits of resilience: A discussion of resilience from the perspectives of critical disaster studies by Uekusa, Shinya, Matthewman, Steve

“…Mechanistic and scientific approaches to resilience assume that there is a "tipping point" at which a system can no longer absorb adversity; after this point,…”
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Conceptualising disaster social capital: what it is, why it matters, and how it can be enhanced by Uekusa, Shinya, Matthewman, Steve, Lorenz, Daniel F.

“…Social capital discourse occupies an important place in disaster studies. Scholars have adopted various inflections of social capital to explain how those with…”
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Understanding risk-taking behaviours through the practice-oriented risk habitus and multiple-capital model (P-HAC): A case study of disaster-affected farmers by Nguyen-Trung, Kien, Matthewman, Steve, Uekusa, Shinya

“…There is a scant literature discussing how risk-taking behaviour is influenced by the interplay of agency and social structures. This article seeks to fill…”
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Exergy and the City: The Technology and Sociology of Power (Failure) by Byrd, Hugh, Matthewman, Steve

“…Blackouts-the total loss of electrical power-serve as a reminder of how dependent the modern world and particularly urban areas have become on electricity and…”
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Paranirvar mānis (dependent people)? Rethinking humanitarian dependency syndrome: a Bourdieusian perspective by Karki, Jeevan, Matthewman, Steve, Grayman, Jesse Hession

“…Disaster survivors are often criticised for being dependent on humanitarian (and development) assistance. This dependency is perceived pejoratively by civil…”
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Reinvestigating social vulnerability from the perspective of Critical Disaster Studies (CDS): directions, opportunities and challenges in Aotearoa disaster research by Uekusa, Shinya, Wynyard, Matthew, Matthewman, Steve

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