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- Title
Heroic Action and Its Discontents: Safe Horizon’s Response to 9/11.
- Authors
Fox, Renée; Lidz, Victor; Sheehan, Helen; Brenton, Barrett; Bocanegra, Heike
- 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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL services; SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; AMERICAN humanitarian assistance; SERVICES for victims of terrorism; NONPROFIT organizations; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Society, 2009, Vol 46, Issue 4, p308
- ISSN
0147-2011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12115-009-9220-y