Abstract:

This paper summarizes field research findings from a larger study of the careers of and conditions for emergent citizen groups which develop either to prepare for and/or recover from actual disasters and potential threats.  Little difference was found for groups oriented to hazardous waste sites and other risks.  After stating in propositional form the findings about career patterns (including origins, changes in stabilities, the formalization process and conflict aspects) and specific generating conditions, we present an explanatory analytical model about the general emergence of citizen groups in the United States.  While the field work was partly supported by a National Science Foundation grant (CEE-8113191), all the views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily of the foundation.

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