Journal article
Heroic Action and Its Discontents: Safe Horizon’s Response to 9/11
Society (New Brunswick), v 46(4), pp 308-318
2009
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Abstract
Based on first-hand qualitative research, this article describes and analyzes the significant role that a local, New York City-based social service agency played in responding to 9/11; the sources of its notable ability to provide assistance to individuals and families affected by this terrorist attack; and the structural strains and unanticipated divisions within the agency that the heroism of its fervid engagement nevertheless engendered.
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- Title
- Heroic Action and Its Discontents: Safe Horizon’s Response to 9/11
- Creators
- Renée C. Fox - University of PennsylvaniaVictor M. Lidz - Drexel UniversityHelen E. Sheehan - University of PennsylvaniaBarrett P. Brenton - St. John's UniversityHeike Thiel de Bocanegra - University of California
- Publication Details
- Society (New Brunswick), v 46(4), pp 308-318
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000268242700003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-67349200280
- Other Identifier
- 991019167601704721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
- Sociology