Crisis

In social relations, any chaotic situation resulting in disorder is experienced as a crisis by people, states, governments, and organizations. A crisis also means an emergency event that is expected to lead to a dangerous and unstable situation adversely affecting an individual, group, community, civic organization, government, or society. [Page 418]Any crisis is supposed to be negative, when changes—political, societal, economic, security, and environmental—start occurring suddenly with no prior warning. Thus, a crisis happens when a complex system either starts functioning poorly or breaks down abruptly. Then, it requires an urgent decision to be made to control the situation. The defining characteristics of crisis include that a situation must be unexpected and specific; it is not a routine event, and it has a high degree ...