Diaspora Advocacy Coalitions and Networks: A Focus on Haiti's Disasters

本研究的重点是海地侨民团体和他们的网络在美国和跨国了解他们在促进灾害复原力和恢复2010年海地地震后的作用。我们关注两个主要问题：1)散居群体如何通过跨国倡导努力影响长期的灾后恢复和复原力？2)在灾难恢复的背景下，侨民群体如何作为组织和社会网络发挥作用？研究区域将集中在海地裔美国人和散居海外群体大量聚集的地区：南佛罗里达、纽约、波士顿/马萨诸塞州和乔治亚州的亚特兰大地区。这些地区是大约80%的海地美国侨民居住的地方，也是大多数海地美国侨民联盟和团体的所在地。深入访谈和在线调查将作为主要的研究方法，并将与海地裔美国人社区团体的成员以及其他主要利益相关者进行，包括：非营利组织、地方、州和联邦官员、国际援助组织、移民官员和倡导者。对既有计划政策和政府相关文件进行二次数据分析。社会网络分析（SNA）将作为一种工具，用于绘制侨民网络的结构和类型，包括家庭、亲属关系和社会网络，以及与政府和非政府组织的正式协调和合作模式。这项研究将改变和扩展与国际层面的恢复相关的知识和理论。研究东道国和国际社会的侨民网络也是新颖而独特的，将促进对跨国社会资本、能力和协调在长期恢复和重建的连续灾害反应中的学术和实践理解。潜在的贡献跨越和受益于那些涉及灾害规划和恢复、社会网络联系和相关分析、应急管理、国土安全、基础设施规划、灾后经济发展、疏散、庇护所和住房恢复的学科。这项研究最终将帮助收容社区、倡导团体、政府和非政府组织以及国际援助机构制定促进灾后恢复、发展和有效资源分配的机制，同时为应对未来的灾害和灾害引起的移民提供信息。

This research focuses on Haitian diaspora groups and their networks within the U.S. and transnationally to understand their role in fostering disaster resilience and recovery after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. We focus on two main questions: 1) How do diaspora groups influence long-term post-disaster recovery and resilience through transnational advocacy efforts? 2) How do diaspora groups function as organizational and social networks in the context of disaster recovery? The study area will focus on areas with large concentrations of Haitian-American populations and diaspora groups: South Florida, New York, Boston/MA, and the Atlanta area in Georgia. These areas are where approximately 80 percent of the Haitian-American diaspora reside and are also where most Haitian-American diaspora coalitions and groups are based. In-depth interviews and online surveys will serve as the primary research method, and will be conducted with members of Haitian-American community groups, as well as other key stakeholders including: non-profit organizations, local, state, and federal officials, international aid organizations, and immigration officials and advocates. We will also conduct secondary data analysis of pre-existing plans and policies and relevant government documents. Social Network Analysis (SNA) will be used as a tool to map the structure and type of diaspora networks, including familial, kinship, and social networks, along with formal coordination and cooperation patterns with government and non-governmental organizations. This research will transform and extend knowledge and theories related to the international dimensions of recovery. Studying diaspora networks in host countries and in the international community is also new and unique and will advance scholarly and practical understandings of transnational social capital, capacity, and coordination in the continuum of disaster response to long term recovery and rebuilding. Potential contributions span and benefit those in disciplines that are involved with disaster planning and recovery, social network ties and related analyses, emergency management, homeland security, infrastructure planning, post-disaster economic development, evacuation, sheltering, and housing recovery. This research will ultimately help host communities, advocacy groups, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and international aid agencies in developing mechanisms to foster disaster recovery, development, and for effective resource allocation, along with informing responses to future disasters and disaster-induced migration.