The status of emergency management theory : issues, barriers, and recommendations for improved scholarship / David A. McEntire.

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McEntire, David A

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: 2004.Description: 25 leaves ; 30 cmDDC classification:

378.001 22

Review: The paper will assess the status of emergency management theory in the context of the ever-changing practical and academic environments. It will discuss whether or not theory is something that should be aspired to among scholars in emergency management. The barriers preventing theoretical development will then be identified as will some of the central concepts and paradigms for the emerging discipline. The paper will finally present this author?s views on how to improve understanding of emergency management in the future and highlight conclusions drawn from a session devoted to emergency management theory at the FEMA Higher Education Conference in June 2004.

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Paper presented at the FEMA Higher Education Conference, June 8, 2004, Emmitsburg, MD.

Includes bibliographical references.

The paper will assess the status of emergency management theory in the context of the ever-changing practical and academic environments. It will discuss whether or not theory is something that should be aspired to among scholars in emergency management. The barriers preventing theoretical development will then be identified as will some of the central concepts and paradigms for the emerging discipline. The paper will finally present this author?s views on how to improve understanding of emergency management in the future and highlight conclusions drawn from a session devoted to emergency management theory at the FEMA Higher Education Conference in June 2004.

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