Situational altruism : toward an explanation of pathologies in disaster assistance.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Series: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 201Publication details: 1994Description: 21 pSubject(s): Subject: Deals with a theoretical explanation for persistent disaster assistance problems in industrial societies. Developing the concept of situational altruism in the context of emergent norm theory, an explanation is offered for the emergence of massive helping behavior in disasterItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 303.485 SIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005738086 |
"Presented in Research Committee #39 - Sociology of Disasters, XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, 18-23 July 1994"
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Deals with a theoretical explanation for persistent disaster assistance problems in industrial societies. Developing the concept of situational altruism in the context of emergent norm theory, an explanation is offered for the emergence of massive helping behavior in disaster
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