Postdisaster Reciprocity and the Development of Inequality in Personal Networks
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Keywords
Labor, Exchange, Social support, Hazards, Social networks
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12038
Abstract
Within the context of major changes in economics, population distribution, and lifestyles around the world, people continue to rely on personal relationships for support. People also often create or find themselves in relationships that are alternatively asymmetrical or balanced. In this study, we are interested in how people face acute or chronic hazards and how asymmetrical or balanced exchange relationships are associated with different types of social support in these contexts. This study examines the degree to which populations in three disaster settings–flooding in Mexico and volcanic eruptions in Mexico and Ecuador–show variation in the degree and form of reciprocity. We found people on average to engage in giving and/or receiving with three to five people in their personal networks. Most of these relationships were reciprocal, but those that were not reciprocal suggested potential inequality in these rural communities.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Economic Anthropology, v. 2, issue 2, p. 385-404
Scholar Commons Citation
Jones, Eric C.; Murphy, Arthur D.; Faas, A. J.; Tobin, Graham A.; McCarty, Christopher; and Whiteford, Linda M., "Postdisaster Reciprocity and the Development of Inequality in Personal Networks" (2015). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 2363.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/2363
