Stress Testing the Usa - Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events

Informationen zum Autor John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. He is author of 35 books and numerous academic articles regarding cities, environmental issues and cartography. Klappentext In this volume! the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror! Hurricane Katrina! the Financial Meltdown that led to the Great Recession and the Giant Oil Spill. The author uses stress-testing to identify weaknesses within the "system!" and examine the response to disaster. Zusammenfassung In this volume! the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror! Hurricane Katrina! the Financial Meltdown that led to the Great Recession and the Giant Oil Spill. The author uses stress-testing to identify weaknesses within the "system!" and examine the response to disaster. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The War on Terror 3. Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans 4. The Financial Meltdown 5. The Gulf Oil Spill 6. The USA: A System Under Stress

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The War on Terror 3. Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans 4. The Financial Meltdown 5. The Gulf Oil Spill 6. The USA: A System Under Stress

Product details

• Authors: J Short, J. Short
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2013
• EAN: 9781349460144
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46014-4
• No. of pages: 203
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; B, Sociology, Political Science, International Relations, The environment, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Terrorism, armed struggle, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Social Sciences, Public Administration, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Terrorism, Political Violence, Management science, International Political Economy, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, Terrorism and Political Violence, American Politics, International Political Economy’, Policy;terrorism;war;us politics