Author
Bilbil, Ebru Tekin, Zihnioğlu, Ö.
Publication Date
2023-03-15
Publication Place
-
Taylor & Francis
Subject
Social support, Turkey, Contingency, Uncertainty, Local government
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1468-3849
Record ID
ed0e8758-93e0-41cd-b12c-8a339129ab95
Library Location
Hotel Management
Date
2023-03-15
Sample Text
Contingencies comprise immediate possibilities and aleatory interactions in the form of calculated responses to mutual uncertainties. While contingencies are critically important to governmental policies, yet they have been rarely considered in social analysis. The aim of this study is to analyze how the Covid-19 pandemic as a crisis has been governed both against and through contingencies by investigating the social support measures initiated by the Turkish government and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM). We gathered empirical data qualitatively from 12 in-depth interviews with the officers of local government and NGOs, supplemented by official documents. We found that contingencies are produced and become residual through configurational interdependencies, such as competition between the central and local government, unemployment, inadequate support, standardization, path dependency, and lack of diversification in need assessment. This study revealed that governmental practices are governed through contingent possibilities and interactions under mutual uncertainty and the politics of crisis management and conflict between local and central authority changed social support mechanisms.
DOI
10.1080/14683849.2022.2135991
Cilt
24
