How Leadership, Policy Decisions, and Blame Avoidance Shape Trauma: Complicated Recovery in the Early Aftermath of the 2025 California Wildfires

DeMond S. Miller () and Sotirios Chtouris ()
Additional contact information
DeMond S. Miller: Rowan University
Sotirios Chtouris: University of the Aegean, Department of Sociology

Chapter Chapter 7 in Disasters and the Politics of Trauma, 2026, pp 77-99 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Before the daunting task of starting over began, many 2025 California wildfire survivors witnessed shifting disaster narratives, political blame games, and the emotional toll and trauma of shattered trust in government. The loss of trust amid casting blame led to delays in recovery and increased social fragmentation. For many households already facing hardships, rebuilding has barely started after a year leaving many Los Angeles communities still in the early stages of long-term recovery. Amid blame narratives and blame avoidance, significant progress has been made in debris and hazardous waste removal, and some financial assistance, though challenges remain, particularly in rebuilding permanent homes as part of long-term recovery efforts.

Date: 2026
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:rischp:978-3-032-19030-7_7

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783032190307

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-19030-7_7

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Risk, Governance and Society from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().