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Kai T. Erikson
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 23
Citations - 1706
Kai T. Erikson is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Storm. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 22 publications receiving 1654 citations.
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Two Views of an Award Winning Book@@@Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Flood.
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A Comment on Disguised Observation in Sociology
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that, in principle, anyone is publicly accountable for the actions which it is his duty to perform and suggest that sociologists have the same rights that journalists have.
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Disaster at Buffalo Creek. Loss of communality at Buffalo Creek.
TL;DR: The survivors of the Buffalo Creek disaster suffered both individual and collective trauma, the latter being reflected in their loss of communality as discussed by the authors, and these parts are now having great difficulty finding the personal resources to replace the energy and direction they had once found in their community.
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Organizing Hazards, Engineering Disasters? Improving the Recognition of Political-Economic Factors in the Creation of Disasters
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the underlying causes of damage to humans as well as to the environment have involved a three-part pattern, supported by the political system: spreading the costs, concentrating the economic benefits and hiding the real risks.