Managing Hurricane Katrina: Lessons from a Megacrisis - Couverture rigide

Boin, Arjen; Brown, Christer; Richardson, James A.

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ISBN 10 : 0807170445 ISBN 13 : 9780807170441

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2019

Synopsis

The government's response to Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, suffered numerous criticisms. Nearly every assessment pointed to failure, from evaluations of President George W. Bush, FEMA, and the Department of Homeland Security to the state of Louisiana and the city administration of New Orleans. In Managing Hurricane Katrina: Lessons from a Megacrisis, Arjen Boin, Christer Brown, and James A. Richardson deliver a more nuanced examination of the storm's aftermath than the ones anchored in public memory, and identify aspects of management that offer more positive examples of leadership than bureaucratic and media reports indicated.

Katrina may be the most extensively studied disaster to date, but the authors argue that many academic conclusions are inaccurate or contradictory when examined in concert. Drawing on insights from crisis and disaster management studies, Boin, Brown, and Richardson apply a clear framework to objectively analyze the actions of various officials and organizations during and after Katrina. They specify critical factors that determine the successes and failures of a societal response to catastrophes and demonstrate how to utilize their framework in future superdisasters.

Going beyond previous assessments, Managing Hurricane Katrina reconsiders the role of government in both preparing for a megacrisis and building an effective response network at a time when citizens need it most.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance, Leiden University, The Netherlands. He is the author of Crafting Public Institutions: Leadership in Two Prison Systems and coauthor of The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership under Pressure, among other works.

Christer Brown is a civil servant in Stockholm, Sweden.

James A. Richardson is John Rhea Alumni Professor of Economics and Director of the Public Administration Institute in the E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration at Louisiana State University. He co-edited in 1988 Louisiana Fiscal Alternatives; in 1999 Handbook on Taxation; and in 2018 Exploring Long-Term Solutions for Louisiana's Tax System. He has served as a member of the Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference since 1987. He has consulted with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Justice. He worked with the Financial Services Roundtable regarding recovering from disasters after Hurricane Katrina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807170445
• ISBN 13: 9780807170441
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible