Mass panic and social attachment : the dynamics of human behavior /
Anthony Mawson provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the mass panic and disaster literature and offers a social attachment model that recognizes the gregarious nature of human beings and the primacy of attachments. He argues that the typical response to threat and danger is neither fight...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2007.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Anthony Mawson provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the mass panic and disaster literature and offers a social attachment model that recognizes the gregarious nature of human beings and the primacy of attachments. He argues that the typical response to threat and danger is neither fight nor flight, nor social breakdown, but increased affiliation and camaraderie. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754685876 075468587X |
