The politics of natural disaster in protracted conflict: the 2014 flood in Kashmir

Venugopal, Rajesh and Yasir, Sameer (2016) The politics of natural disaster in protracted conflict: the 2014 flood in Kashmir. Oxford Development Studies . ISSN 1360-0818 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper explores the politics of the 2014 floods in the contentious and conflict-­‐ prone Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The September 2014 floods were the most serious natural disaster in the state in the past sixty years, and affected some two million people in the Kashmir valley. Drawing on qualitative interview evidence from fifty flood victims in south, central and north Kashmir, the paper examines the extent to which the disaster transformed existing political narratives. In doing so, it examines the role of the state and central governments, the army, local volunteers, and the media. The papers engages with the politics of disaster literature, exploring how disasters serve as a lens through which underlying social realities are revealed, and how they serve in the social construction of disaster narratives.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cods20/current
Additional Information:	© 2016 Oxford Department of International Development
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Sets:	Departments > International Development
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2016 10:36
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/67534/

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