A matter of life or death: How racial representation shapes compliance with city disaster preparedness orders

Lucero, Eddie; Trounstine, Jessica; Connolly, Jennifer M.; Klofstad, Casey A.

doi:10.1080/07352166.2020.1785303

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“…In times of normalcy, but particularly in times of crisis, governments and their respective disaster response frameworks depend on the public to comply with recommended and mandated actions [ 24 ]. Along these lines, compliance with government recommendations related to reducing one's individual disaster vulnerability has the potential to mitigate subsequent and negative effects caused by a crisis event [ 24 ]; however, this requires the public to trust that their governments and/or the individuals speaking on behalf of their government [ [16] , [17] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] ]. During public health emergencies, the public's trust in government to provide accurate and reliable information about appropriate public health behavior has been directly related to compliance with authorities' recommendations [ [29] , [30] , [31] ].…”

Section: Trust In Government Actors and Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in government actors and COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S.

Rivera¹

2023

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Section: Trust In Government Actors and Vaccinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in government actors and COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S.

Rivera¹

2023

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…However, in America, race and ethnicity intersect with issues of socioeconomics, national identity and political power. For example, Lucero et al (2022) observes an increasing likelihood that individuals follow evacuation warnings when they come from members of their own demographic community. This intersection means that, in America, the study of disaster preparedness is incomplete without considering the intersectionalities of race, ethnicity, class, gender and power (Kadetz and Mock, 2018;Ryder, 2017;Versey, 2021).…”

Section: Disaster Preparedness and Historically Marginalized Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this case, current neoliberal policy practices for promoting preparedness would be wholly insufficient (Teo et al, 2019) and empirically, this would mean the structural forces leaving marginalized communities disproportionately exposed to disaster can only be remedied through evacuation, relocation and justice minded planning and development. Given the complex relationship between marginalized communities and government directives (Lucero et al, 2022), it will take extensive and deconstructive policy action to societally reduce the risks faced in vulnerable communities. The intention of this project is to provide additional empirical evidence that could be used to guide, and if necessary alter, the current practices utilized by practitioners to reduce risk.…”

Section: Drivers Of Disaster Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in America, race and ethnicity intersect with issues of socioeconomics, national identity and political power. For example, Lucero et al. (2022) observes an increasing likelihood that individuals follow evacuation warnings when they come from members of their own demographic community.…”

Section: Disaster Preparedness and Historically Marginalized Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drivers of disaster planning among African-American households

Pudlo,

Ellis,

McGowen

2023

DPM

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PurposeThe paper seeks to explore the drivers of disaster planning in African-American households. While the paper is exploratory, the authors attempt to dialogue with substantial theoretical and applied research around vulnerability and disaster. Race, ethnicity and vulnerability are issues deeply entangled with American disaster preparedness and response. In this study, the authors hope to illuminate the threads which bind them together and contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between race, ethnicity, class and preparedness.Design/methodology/approachData for this project come from a disaster planning question placed on the 2020 Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS). The authors analyze a split sample of around 5,000 African-American households descriptively and with multinomial logistic regression.FindingsDisaster planning among African-American households is a product of past experiences, concern about other hazards, social trust and gender identity. These results are similar to other findings within the study of household preparedness and help to advance the understanding of predictors within the African-American community. Key drivers such as income, education level, gender identity, social trust and perceptions of other risks are consistent with previous studies.Originality/valueThis project is the first to examine issues of disaster planning utilizing a national sample of African-American households via the one-of-a-kind 2020 CMPS.

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“…Research indicates that shared racial or gender identity between citizens and a public official can increase policy compliance (although there are some mixed results). For example, using a survey experiment, Lucero et al (2022) find higher compliance with evacuation orders prior to hurricane warnings when a city manager shares the race/ethnicity of the respondent (see also Hawes 2021; Meier and Nicholson-Crotty 2006; Riccucci et al 2016).…”

Section: Policy Compliance: Trust Expertise and Symbolic Representationmentioning

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Compliance with Public Health Orders: The Role of Trust, Representation, and Expertise

Stauffer

Miller

Keiser

2023

Political Research Quarterly

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Governments rely on citizen compliance to implement policies. Yet, in the current climate where citizens express low levels of trust in government, gaining compliance can prove challenging. Scholarship suggests other factors that might promote compliance even in the absence of trust. We examine two: expertise and descriptive representation across race, gender, and partisanship. We experimentally activate general (dis)trust in government and use a conjoint experiment to examine multiple factors that might shape citizens’ willingness to comply with and trust government guidance related to COVID-19. We find that shared partisanship and consultation with experts have the largest effects. We also see an effect of shared racial identity on compliance for Black Americans, at least when trust is relatively low. As we consider the role of trust, expertise, and descriptive representation across race, gender, and partisanship simultaneously, the results offer important insights into factors that underpin citizens’ willingness to comply with government mandates. Our results have important real-world implications, highlighting the importance of bipartisan responses to crises as well as ensuring racial representation in government. They also demonstrate that explicitly involving experts in decision-making processes increases citizens’ willingness to comply with policy.

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A matter of life or death: How racial representation shapes compliance with city disaster preparedness orders

Cited by 10 publications

References 85 publications

Trust in government actors and COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S.

Trust in government actors and COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S.

Drivers of disaster planning among African-American households

Compliance with Public Health Orders: The Role of Trust, Representation, and Expertise

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