A Structural Analysis of the Emergence and Non-Emergence of Citizens' Groups in Disaster Threat Situations
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1982-11
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Disaster Research Center
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In this paper we explore the conditions associated with the emergence of non-emergence of citizen groups in disaster threat situations. A structural approach is utilized to determine which factors do (or do not) create a collective behavior situation from which citizens organize into small action groups. Drawing upon field data from a larger nationwide study of such emergent groups, we advance a series of hypotheses about those conducive social structural conditions.
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disaster threat, citizen group