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Civil Service and Civil Society Collaboration: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Management Results in China and the United States

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  • Liza Saban

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This article explores the way natural disasters provide an opportunity to address relations between civil society and the state as mutually empowering. Such opportunity can be reinforced when civil servants help to mobilize the interests of marginalized communities into disaster management and collaborate with active civil associations in seeking to reduce disaster vulnerabilities. This requires that public administration be able to respond to disaster in an effective and equitable way. Civil servants should be capable of being socially reliable by building and maintaining trust in relationships with communities and civil organizations. Using the Gulf Coast Hurricanes (United States) in 2005 and the Wenchuan Earthquake (China) in 2008 as case studies, this article comparatively addresses the significance of public administration's role in developing mutual empowerment in state and civil society relations in the face of adversity. Given the fact that civil service capacity becomes a crucial factor in determining state-civil society relations, it also has important implications for the potential of democratization in China.

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  • Liza Saban, 2013. "Civil Service and Civil Society Collaboration: A Comparative Analysis of Disaster Management Results in China and the United States," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 320-330.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:36:y:2013:i:5:p:320-330
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2012.757622
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