Governing after Crisis (eBook, PDF)

The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning
Redaktion: Boin, Arjen

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Produktbeschreibung

The constant threat of crises such as disasters, riots and terrorist attacks poses a frightening challenge to Western societies and governments. While the causes and dynamics of these events have been widely studied, we know little about what happens following their containment and the restoration of stability. This volume explores 'post-crisis politics,' examining how crises give birth to longer term dynamic processes of accountability and learning which are characterised by official investigations, blame games, political manoeuvring, media scrutiny and crisis exploitation. Drawing from a wide range of contemporary crises, including Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Madrid train bombings, the Walkerton water contamination, Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia and the Boxing Day Asian tsunami, this is a ground-breaking volume which addresses the longer term impact of crisis-induced politics. Competing pressures for stability and change mean that policies, institutions and leaders may occasionally be uprooted, but often survive largely intact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511380587
• Artikelnr.: 38203489

Inhaltsangabe

1. Governing after crisis Arjen Boin, Allan McConnell and Paul 't Hart;
Part I. Crisis-Induced Accountability: 2. Weathering the politics of
responsibility and blame: the Bush administration and its response to
hurricane Katrina Thomas Preston; 3. A reversal of fortune: blame games and
framing contests after the 3/11 terrorist attacks in Madrid José A. Olmeda;
4. Flood response and political survival: Gerhard Schröder and the 2002
Elbe flood in Germany Evelyn Bytzek; 5. The politics of tsunami responses:
comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia Annika Brändström,
Sanneke Kuipers and Pär Daléus; 6. Dutroux and dioxin: crisis
investigations, elite accountability and institutional reform in Belgium
Sofie Staelraeve and Paul 't Hart; Part II. Crisis-Induced Policy Change
and Learning: 7. The 1975 Stockholm embassy seizure: crisis and the absence
of reform Dan Hansén; 8. The Walkerton water tragedy and the Jerusalem
banquet hall collapse: regulatory failure and policy change Robert Schwartz
and Allan McConnell; 9. Learning from crisis: NASA and the Challenger
disaster Arjen Boin; 10. September 11 and post-crisis investigation:
exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 commission Charles F. Parker and
Sander Dekker; 11. Conclusions: the politics of crisis exploitation Arjen
Boin, Paul 't Hart and Allan McConnell.