Global Cases in Best and Worst Practice in Crisis and Emergency Management Contributor(s): Farazmand, Ali (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1466579366 ISBN-13: 9781466579361 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Government & Business - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
Dewey: 363.34 |
LCCN: 2015044149 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.2" W x 10.1" (1.60 lbs) 290 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Global Cases in Best and Worst Practice in Crisis and Emergency Management is the first book to focus on select global cases from the perspective of best and worst practices in the context of crisis and emergency management. Bringing together the most established scholars and experts in the field, it offers theories along with an empirical, success-and-failure analysis. It presents the cases using a lessons learned approach, highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly for the benefit of future crisis and emergency management. The book is divided into three sections with chapters that focus on
The book also includes chapter objectives, analysis points, questions, key terms, presentation and lesson exercises, references, and additional reading lists. Policy experts, researchers, practitioners, instructors, and students will find the case studies in this book illuminating. With its combination of theory and practice and coverage of a wide range of disciplines, it provides an ideal primary or companion text for courses in emergency and disaster management, public administration, political science, and global crisis studies. |