Managing Crises [electronic resource] : Threats, Dilemmas, Opportunities

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenthal, Uriel.

Contributor:

Boin, R. Arjen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management.

Local Subjects:

Crisis management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2001.

Summary:

In this book, the editors, with 25 notable contributors, expand the knowledge of crisis management, focusing on case studies of high-profile events that have occurred in recent history. Part One of the text aims at theoretical development through empirical case studies and also postulates a crisis typology and charts specific theoretical and administrative challenges. The 'case bank,' which comprises the bulk of the book, is presented in four additional sections. The first deals with the development of crises and compares the infamous Watts riots with the 1992 L.A. riots. It also analyzes the

Contents:

HALF TITLE: MANAGING CRISES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; TITLE PAGE: MANAGING CRISES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Part 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: THE CHANGING WORLD OF CRISES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT; Chapter 2: BETWEEN CRISIS AND NORMALCY: THE LONG SHADOW OF POST-CRISIS POLITICS; Part 2: HOW CRISES DEVELOP AND ESCALATE: First and Second Order Dimensions; Chapter 3: THE LOS ANGELES RIOTS: A STUDY IN CRISIS PARALYSIS; Chapter 4: AVOIDING WAR, INVITING DEFEAT: THE SREBRENICA CRISIS, JULY 1995; Chapter 5: THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE CASE: THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE IN CRISIS

Chapter 6: FROM ETHNICITY TO GENOCIDE IN RWANDAPart 3: RESPONDING TO CRISES: Decision Making, Leadership, and Coordination; Chapter 7: DECISION MAKING IN CRISES:THE PIPER ALPHA DISASTER; Chapter 8: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING FROM SEISMIC RISK:THE 1999 MARMARA AND DUZCE, TURKEY EARTHQUAKES; Chapter 9: FROM ACCIDENT TO DISASTER: THE RESPONSE TO THE HERCULES CRASH; Chapter 10: THE MAD COW CRISIS, THE ROLE OF EXPERTS AND EUROPEAN CRISIS MANAGEMENT; Part 4: THE LONG SHADOW OF CRISES: Politicization, Traumas, and Learning; Chapter 11: FROM CRISIS TO TRAUMA: THE PALME ASSASSINATION CASE

Chapter 12: SHIFTING IDENTITIES: THE RECONSTRUCTIVE MODE OF THE BIJLMER PLANE CRASHChapter 13: THE FALL OF TWA FLIGHT 800; Chapter 14: CRISIS AND REFORM IN BELGIUM: THE DUTROUX AFFAIR AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; Part 5: THE CHALLENGES OF MODERINIZATION: Unintended Consequences and Crises to Come; Chapter 15: FUTURE IT DISASTERS: A SPECULATIVE EXPLORATION; Chapter 16: VIRAL EPIDEMICS: PAST AND FUTURE; Chapter 17: INSTANT AND CREEPING ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES IN RUSSIA; Chapter 18: WATER AND THE GLOBALIZING ECONOMY: THE COMING CRISIS

Chapter 19: PREPARING FOR THE INEVITABLE: JAPAN'S ON GOING SEARCH FOR BEST CRISIS MANAGEMENT PRACTICESChapter 20: THE EVOLUTION OF DISASTER REDUCTION AS AN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE; Chapter 21: CRISES TO COME: COMMENTS AND FINDINGS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-08304-5

OCLC:

689997382