Decision In Paradise Pt2
...and Brief Therapy
Georgia State University
Brenda Micheals
June 9, 2007
This literature review evaluates the increase in the focus of crisis intervention in research and academia. As state in the article, “On Financial Crisis,” by Arjen Bojen, in the wake of events such as September 11th and Katrina, the crisis field has gained a great deal of relevance in both academic and practitioner circles. As a result, more funding has been given to policymakers and managers who have become interested in crisis research findings about the impact of crisis situations on people.
The article effectively demonstrates how several professional fields have merged to become a single research field. Since the crisis field is made up of a multidisciplinary field that draws from many disciplines such as disaster sociology, psychology, public administration, political science, international relations and management, the crisis field has evolved into specialized academic area. According to the article, research from these disciplines define crisis in terms of some basic threat to the core values of a system, necessitating urgent response under conditions of severe uncertainty. This analysis is consistent with Robert’s view of disequilibrium that occurs when a significant crisis happens in peoples lives. This multidisciplinary definition of crisis allows for communication between these academics generic crisis field.
In order to evaluate what the research has demonstrated, the article posed two crucial questions, which relates to the societal relevance of this research field. The first question asks why a social system such as a firm, a town, a nation or a global network experiences a crisis. The...
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