Managing Disasters Through Publicprivate Partnerships

Informationen zum Autor Ami J. Abou-bakr is a lecturer in politics in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. She holds a BS from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University! an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London! and a PhD in public policy from King's College London. As a "practitioner academic" who spent several years working in the US financial sector before returning to academia! her research is directed toward informing policy decisions and influencing public and private sector decision makers. Klappentext Assesses whether public-private partnerships for the purposes of disaster resilience are viable at the federal level! identifies why attempts to develop these partnerships have largely fallen short! and suggests how the framework supporting this type of collaboration could be enhanced to ensure more robust collaborations in the future. Zusammenfassung Assesses whether public-private partnerships for the purposes of disaster resilience are viable at the federal level! identifies why attempts to develop these partnerships have largely fallen short! and suggests how the framework supporting this type of collaboration could be enhanced to ensure more robust collaborations in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. The Emergence of Disaster-Oriented PPPs 2. Assessing Disaster-Oriented PPPs 3. The Federal Reserve! a Strategic Alliance 4. The War Industries Board! a Responsive Alliance 5. Comparing the Frameworks and the Identity Crisis of Disaster-Oriented PPPs Conclusion Appendix: Interview Participants Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: ABOU BAKR AMI J, Ami J. Abou-Bakr
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9781589019508
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-950-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Public Management and Change Series; Public Management and Change series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research