Concorde and Dissent - Explaining High Technology Project Failures in Britain and France

Klappentext This book is a study of the joint British and French construction of Concorde. Zusammenfassung This book is unique in developing such detailed! controlled case studies for the comparison of political systems! and offers new insights into public policy-making in Britain and France. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Compare or contrast? Britain, France and civil aviation; 2. The Parisian white elephant; 3. The imperial white elephant hunt; 4. The albatross; 5. Political instability and high technology; Epilogue; Methodological appendix: comparative politics and case studies; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elliot J. Feldman, Feldman Elliot J.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521108263
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10826-3
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 232 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik; Ratgeber > Fahrzeuge, Flugzeuge, Schiffe, Raumfahrt > Flugzeuge, Raumfahrt; Sachbuch; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Transport industries, Shipping industries