Social capital both retains residents and can worsen discrimination after disasters

Evidence

Crucially, higher levels of social capital can maintain the cohesiveness and, at a more basic level, the actual existence of communities in the post-disaster period since being a member of social networks and with a stronger place attachment means that some people are less likely to relocate following a disaster (Aldrich, 2017). There is also evidence that social capital is associated with improved mental health after disasters (Wind et al., 2011). However, there is also a dark side to social capital. For example, in communities rife with inequality, strong social capital among majority members only can increase discrimination towards others perceived as outsiders, worsening the recovery period for marginalised or minority groups (Aldrich, 2011). — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 13

Categorization

• CANDY: Good elevator line: the same dense neighborly bonds that help a community recover can also shut outsiders out of relief.
• XREF: Resonates with established social-capital scholarship (Putnam bonding vs bridging capital) from the reader’s Milgrom and Burt readings. — connects to: Unequal disaster treatment by authorities re-marginalizes minority residents and dissolves unity — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 35; Bonding-only social capital can deepen instead of heal racial division — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1291; Social capital serves harmful as well as beneficial ends — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1099 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 13

Related

• Post-disaster solidarity communities can reproduce existing structural inequality (similarity 0.83)
• Unequal disaster treatment by authorities re-marginalizes minority residents and dissolves unity (similarity 0.81)
• Bonding-only social capital can deepen instead of heal racial division (similarity 0.80)
• Social capital’s external effects are frequently antisocial and negative (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Bonding-only social capital can deepen instead of heal racial division #corroborates (0.90) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1291
• Unequal disaster treatment by authorities re-marginalizes minority residents and dissolves unity #expands (0.85) — John Drury and Evangelos Ntontis, A SOCIAL IDENTITY MODEL OF COLLECTIVE…, 35
• Social capital serves harmful as well as beneficial ends #expands (0.85) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1099
• Social capital valuable for one activity can harm others. #expands (0.80) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 40
• Disasters forge new social bonds via shared external threat. #qualifies (0.75) — John Drury and Chris Cocking and Steve Reicher, Everyone for themselves? A comparative…, 16