From Family Contingencies to Community Concerns:Community-Based Responses of Women's"Group-Purchasing Leaders"in Shanghai during Emergency Situations
Women demonstrate diverse forms of community participation in the face of public emergencies,yet academic discussions often lack recognition and exploration of the value of women's emergency response initiatives.This study takes the women's"group-purchasing leaders"during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai as an example to examine their emergency response pathways and social implica-tions.The study finds that the external urban environment and internal characteristics are essential foundations for the rise of women's"group-purchasing leaders".These leaders combine their personal and family needs with concerns for the needs of neighbors in the com-munity.Utilizing digital platforms and leveraging experiences with family and at the workplace in everyday contexts,they started commu-nity networks to facilitate many-fold community support.Collaborating with formal governance efforts,they helped build community life through project-based management during the crisis,transforming the everyday commercial activity of group purchasing into a community-based initiative involving multiple stakeholders.This study further discusses the agency and limitations of women's community participa-tion and community institutional construction,providing experiential references for women to break through traditional gender"institu-tions"and continue participating in public life,thereby unleashing their human potential.
public emergenciescommunity group purchasingwomen's"group-purchasing leaders"community participationpublic value
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