Scarred Communities : Psychosocial Impact of Man-made and Natural Disasters on Sri Lankan Society

Scarred Communities is a qualitative, psycho-ecological study of the long-term effects of disasters-both man-made and natural-on Sri Lankan communities. The book studies the effects of war and the 2004 tsunami on families and communities. The concept of collective trauma is introduced to provide a framework in understanding how basic social processes, relationships and networks change due to these disasters.The methodology employed is a naturalistic, psychosocial ethnography of northern Sri Lanka, drawing from the author's participation in psychosocial and community mental health programmes amScarred Communities is a qualitative, psycho-ecological study of the long-term effects of disastersboth man-made and naturalon Sri Lankan communities. The book studies the effects of war and the 2004 tsunami on families and communities. The concept of collective trauma is introduced to provide a framework in understanding how basic social processes, relationships and networks change due to these disasters. The author also analyses the various causes of modern civil war, ethnic consciousness, terror and counter-insurgency operations and their consequences on people

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Reference: 
Somasundaram D, | 2014
1 online resource (508 p.). | New Delhi: SAGE Publications

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s8.4 SOM