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Chapter 26 - Factors That Determine Wider Solidarity Responses After a Major Incident or Disaster

from Section 3 - The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Trevor K James ,
Selin Tekin  and
Hanna Zagefka
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

In the wake of emergencies, incidents, disasters, and disease outbreaks (EIDD), people not directly affected can help those in need to provide urgently needed assistance. As an example, the campaign that followed the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017 evolved into a longer-term movement that sought to address both immediate humanitarian needs and political injustices, The psychological literature is surveyed to identify the drivers of this intergroup solidarity. We highlight the importance of identity processes in informing how communities of people who are not directly affected, or are less affected, respond prosocially to large-scale disasters, and how shared identity can promote community helping. Finally, we discuss which groups are likely to help by drawing attention to nuances that relate to privilege in advantaged groups and intraminority support within disadvantaged groups. We end with a description of how identity processes can be leveraged strategically to elicit intergroup solidarity and mitigate the impacts.

Keywords

disasteridentificationintergroup helpingintergroup solidaritysocial identity
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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 180 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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