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- The first volume to combine vulnerability research with social work practice
- Integrates vulnerability and resiliency theories within a stress and coping framework
- Presents material covering a wide spectrum from the individual to the societal levels
- Offers research design methods
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Keywords
- Community Practice
- Community Resilience
- Community Vulnerability
- Human Service
- Linear Statistics
- Rehabilitation after Natural Disasters
- Resilience
- Resource Dependence Theory
- Social Work Education
- Social Work Research
- Statistics in Vulnerability Research
- Stress and Coping
- Structural Equation Modeling
- Trauma and Resilience
- Vulnerability Research
- Vulnerability Theory
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“The small book … summarizes how social scientists conceptualize, research, and approach such matters. … helpful to social workers or other professionals on the ground, with the possible exception of those who design plans for emergency response to disasters, who may find it useful as an introduction to research approaches. This may also be a useful book for those who want to enter the field of disaster research and are looking for a compact overview and an introduction to the vocabulary of the area.” (Julian Rappaport, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (47), December, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
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David F. Gillespie. Dr. Gillespie earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle. He is currently Professor of Sociology in Social Work at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. He has undertaken studies for a number of government, non-profit and private organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Health, Education and Welfare Department, the American Red Cross, and Union Electric Company. His research has been primarily focused on community dynamics and networks of interorganizational relations for disaster preparedness. He haspublished several books and numerous papers on organizations and research methodology.
David F. Gillespie. Dr. Gillespie earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle. He is currently Professor of Sociology in Social Work at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. He has undertaken studies for a number of government, non-profit and private organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Health, Education and Welfare Department, the American Red Cross, and Union Electric Company. His research has been primarily focused on community dynamics and networks of interorganizational relations for disaster preparedness. He has published several books and numerous papers on organizations and research methodology.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Community Disaster Vulnerability
Book Subtitle: Theory, Research, and Practice
Authors: Michael J. Zakour, David F. Gillespie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5737-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5736-7Published: 13 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0188-3Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5737-4Published: 13 November 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 180
Topics: Social Work, Community and Environmental Psychology, Social Policy