Arjen Boin (Universiteit Leiden), Paul 't Hart (The Netherlands Universiteit Utrecht), Eric Stern

The Politics of Crisis Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Modern societies are regularly confronted with complex and critical episodes such as financial breakdowns, terrorism, natural disasters and cyber threats, which pose difficult challenges to governments. Featuring updated coverage and examples, this new edition describes the challenges of crisis management and offers an approach to understand and prepare for them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9781107544253
• ISBN-10: 1107544254
• Artikelnr.: 45191304

Autorenporträt

Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Managing crises: five strategic leadership tasks
2. Sense making: grasping crises as they unfold
3. Decision making and coordinating: shaping the crisis response
4. Meaning making: constructing a crisis narrative
5. To end a crisis: managing accountability
6. Learning and changing: from the crisis to reform
7. How to deal with crisis: lessons for prudent leadership.