Role of Civil Society for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster governance: A Case study of Capital City in Pakistan

  • Shahid Habib

Abstract

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are considered as the main tool for establishing disaster governance. Thus, for exploring the CSOs role for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster governance, there is the scarcity of research literature regarding specifically in case of developing countries and Pakistan is not an exception. This paper has filled this research gap by finding out the role of civil society in promoting Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster governance. Further, the extent to which government trust and cooperate with the central state and civil society is not well researched in the literature. In this wake, this article also aims to examine the current state of trust perceptions among stakeholders regarding the role of CSOs who are expected to take active roles in disaster governance, and thereby to test the accuracy of theoretical propositions within the framework of the concepts of “strong state” and “weak civil society” with the primary qualitative data. The qualitative research methodology was applied. Focus Group Discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted. For the data analysis, thematic analysis as guided by Braun and Clark were applied. It was found out that efficacy of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster governance in the local settings of Pakistan is very limited.

Published
2020-12-30
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