Disaster Studies: An Analysis of the Social Historical Factors Affecting the Development of Research in the Area

Author(s)Quarantelli, E. L.
Date Accessioned2005-06-17T16:42:33Z
Date Available2005-06-17T16:42:33Z
Publication Date1987-11
AbstractAlmost nothing has been written about the social historical emergence and development of social and behavioral research on disasters. This paper provides a description and a sociology of scientific knowledge analysis of the factors affecting the initiation of studies in the area in the United States. First, we note how disaster research on group and behavioral aspects of disasters had their roots, almost exclusively, in rather narrowly focused applied questions or practical concerns. Second, we point out how this led to certain kinds of selective emphases in terms of what and how the research was undertaken in the pioneering days, but with substantive consequences which we still see operative today.en
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KeywordsSociologyen
KeywordsDisaster Researchen
KeywordsTheoryen
KeywordsSocial Factorsen
TitleDisaster Studies: An Analysis of the Social Historical Factors Affecting the Development of Research in the Areaen
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