Institute of Sociology
of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology
of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nevskiy A.V. Voluntary rescuers in the emergency response system in Russia: on the problem of interaction between civic organizations and the state. Power and Elites ...



Nevskiy A.V. Voluntary rescuers in the emergency response system in Russia: on the problem of interaction between civic organizations and the state. Power and Elites / Ed. by A. Duka. Vol.5. St. Petersburg: Intersotsis, 2018. P. 562-589.
ISSN 2410-9517
DOI 10.31119/pe.2018.5.21
РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36641494

Posted on site: 29.12.18


Abstract

The article examines the phenomenon of volunteering inemergency situations as a special form of civic action, carried out incollaboration with state authorities and aimed at solving short-termproblems. The example of a voluntary rescuers’ community operating in theNorth-West region of Russia shows various types of interactions betweenvolunteers and professional rescuers, institutional constraints for volunteerwork, and trends in mutual influence between public rescue services and thevolunteer community.

 

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