Speeding into Action: The Influence of Paramilitary Culture on Disaster Response Organizations in the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

This dissertation examines the influence of paramilitary professional cultural attributes on the speed at which disaster response organizations (DROs) recognize, respond, organize, and take action in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Three agencies are examined: the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Jeffrey Daniel
Other Authors: School of Public and International Affairs
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51245