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State and Civil Society Response to the 2024 Floods in Southern Poland: A Critical Review

dc.contributor.authorKubala, Konrad
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-27T07:18:14Z
dc.date.available2026-05-27T07:18:14Z
dc.date.issued2026-05-26
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/58383
dc.description.abstractThis article presents a secondary analysis of research findings on the responses of state institutions and civil society to the September 2024 flood in southern Poland. The study selectively examines results from individual and group interviews regarding flood preparedness, the mobilization of social actors during the crisis, and organizational transformations necessary to enhance state resilience. The primary research objective is to analyze the interfaces between governmental, local, and civil society institutions, conceptualized herein as “crush zones.” The original contribution of this paper lies in operationalizing these zones to evaluate how inter-institutional friction impacts societal resilience. Furthermore, the conclusions of the source report are subjected to a critical evaluation within the context of the existing literature on resilience, with attention to its potential to mask institutional power asymmetries.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesQualitative Sociology Review;2en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectCrush Zonesen
dc.subjectSocial Resilienceen
dc.subjectCrisis Managementen
dc.subjectLocal Governmenten
dc.subjectNon-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectRelational Capitalen
dc.subjectCrisis Communicationen
dc.titleState and Civil Society Response to the 2024 Floods in Southern Poland: A Critical Reviewen
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number80-97
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationUniversity of Łódźen
dc.identifier.eissn1733-8077
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dc.contributor.authorEmailkonrad.kubala@uni.lodz.pl
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/1733-8077.22.2.04
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