TY - CHAP
T1 - CONCEPTUALIZING RESPONSES TO EXTREME EVENTS
T2 - THE PROBLEM OF PANIC AND FAILING GRACEFULLY
AU - Clarke, Lee
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - Disaster and calamity are extreme events that can be used to glean general lessons about how society works. I use the problem of panic to develop several ideas. Panic, we know from years of disaster research, is quite rare at least in the United States. I consider the implication of this for theories of social behavior and human nature. I also suggest the idea of "failing gracefully" as a systems-level notion that highlights the social context of behavior rather than individual panic. I reconsider findings concerning "altruistic" and "corrosive" communities. I critically evaluate the idea of "moral panic," and end with a consideration of the rhetoric functions of "panic.".
AB - Disaster and calamity are extreme events that can be used to glean general lessons about how society works. I use the problem of panic to develop several ideas. Panic, we know from years of disaster research, is quite rare at least in the United States. I consider the implication of this for theories of social behavior and human nature. I also suggest the idea of "failing gracefully" as a systems-level notion that highlights the social context of behavior rather than individual panic. I reconsider findings concerning "altruistic" and "corrosive" communities. I critically evaluate the idea of "moral panic," and end with a consideration of the rhetoric functions of "panic.".
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-1152(03)11008-3
DO - 10.1016/S0196-1152(03)11008-3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:33845768165
SN - 076231043X
SN - 9780762310432
T3 - Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
SP - 123
EP - 141
BT - Terrorism and Disaster
ER -