The politics of resilience from a practitioner's perspective: An interview with helen braithwaite OBE

James Brassett*, Nick Vaughan-Williams

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Helen Braithwaite was appointed to the Resilience and Emergencies Division of the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in February 2011. She is responsible for the Central area which covers 15 Local Resilience Forums. Prior to this Helen was the Head of the West Midlands Regional Resilience team. Helen has also worked for West Mercia Police in specialist operations and in the emergency planning departments of Hereford and Worcester County Council and Worcestershire County Council. In 2000 Helen was seconded to the Home Office and then Cabinet Office to lead the consultation process on new civil contingencies legislation, which resulted in the Civil Contingencies Act. Helen was awarded an OBE in June 2011.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)229-239
Number of pages11
JournalPolitics
Volume33
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Civil contingencies
  • Crisis
  • Resilience
  • Response
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Political Science and International Relations

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