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Item Community Emergency Planning: False Assumptions and Inappropriate Analogies(International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 1994) Dynes, Russell R.Community emergency planning had its roots in military analogies which viewed emergencies as extensions of "enemy attack" scenarios. Such thinking was embedded in early structural arrangements and was generalized as the appropriate normative model for all emergencies. This model viewed emergencies as conditions of social chaos which could be rectified by command and control. It is argued here that such a view is inadequate based on a knowledge of behavior in emergencies and the model is dysfunctional for planning. A more adequate model is presented, based on conditions of continuity, coordination and cooperation. This problem solving model, based on research rather than military analogies, provides a more adequate set of assumptions as the basis for planning. However, legislative and technological "improvements" often make emergency planning more rigid and increasingly inadequate.Item Community Response To Disasters(1985) Quarantelli, E. L.; Dynes, Russell R.Item Cross-Cultural International Research: Sociology and Disaster(Research Committee on Disasters, International Sociological Association, 1988-08) Dynes, Russell R.Early cross-cultural studies of disaster responses are summarized to provide a context for recent collaborative efforts. Many of these have been initiated by researchers from the United States who have joined colleagues in numerous other countries to standardize measurement instruments and assess aspects of the public response. These efforts have highlighted definitional, theoretical, and methodological difficulties which are being addressed in current studies. Finally, current policy developments are described that may encourage future research that is cross-societal in focus and collaborative in implementation.Item Editors' Introduction(SAGE Publications Limited, 1970) Quarantelli, E. L.; Dynes, Russell R.Item Looting in Civil Disorders: An Index of Social Change(Sage Publications LTD, 1968-03) Quarantelli, E. L.; Dynes, Russell R.Item Role Simplification In Disaster(1986) Dynes, Russell R.; Quarantelli, E. L.Item The Structure of Disaster Research: Its Policy and Disciplinary Implications(Research Committee on Disasters, International Sociological Association, 1994-03) Dynes, Russell R.; Drabek, Thomas E.The context of sociological research on disaster is discussed by the various settings in which the research tradition has developed. In addition, both funders and users of that research are identified. It is suggested that the most important policy use of disaster research has been to change the conceptualization of disaster. While no specific study can be directly tied to particular policy changes, the overall research tradition has had a transforming effect. That transformation is, of course, more obvious in some societies than in others. In the future, it is suggested that increased attention will be given to disaster preparedness and planning because of more and worse disasters. This means that social science research will continue to thrive because of its potential utility in problem solving. However, future research will be increasingly cast in interdisciplinary terms. Given the reluctance to support basic research, the relationship between applied research and the core disciplines will become more problematic.Item What Looting in Civil Disturbances Really Means(Washington University in St. Louis, 1968-05) Dynes, Russell R.; Quarantelli, E. L.