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Government responses to crisis /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Haeffele, Stefanie, Storr, Virgil Henry, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Mercatus studies in political and social economy.
Subjects:
Crisis management in government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Understanding the Role of Government in Crisis Response and Recovery Efforts
  • 1.3 Summary of Chapters in the Volume
  • References
  • 2: The Rules of the Game and Post-Disaster Rebuilding and Recovery
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The Importance of Clear Rules
  • 2.3 Government and the Rules of the Game After Disaster
  • 2.3.1 The Importance of Clear Rules That Are Known in Advance
  • 2.3.2 Protecting Private Property
  • 2.3.3 Allowing Local Actors to Step In
  • 2.4 Conclusion
  • 4.3 The Emergency Manager
  • 4.3.1 Demographics, Education, and Skills
  • 4.3.2 Actions Related to Funding
  • 4.3.3 Potential Scenarios
  • 4.4 Threats to Local Autonomy and Analysis of the Scenarios
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5: Recognizing Vulnerability and Capacity: Federal Initiatives Focused on Children and Youth Across the Disaster Lifecycle
  • 5.1 Prologue
  • 5.2 Introduction
  • 5.3 Social Vulnerability, Children, and Disasters
  • 5.4 Top-Down Approaches to Engaging Children and Youth in Disasters: A Summary of Federal Programs
  • 5.5 Top-Down Approaches to Engaging Adults and Organizations in Child-Focused Risk Reduction: A Summary of Federal Guidance
  • 5.6 Analysis of Gaps and Opportunities for Federal Guidance on Children and Disasters
  • 5.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 6: The Political Economy of Foreign Intervention
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Knowledge Problems
  • 6.2.1 The Knowledge Problem over Institutions
  • 6.2.2 The Knowledge Problem Within Institutions
  • 6.2.3 The Knowledge Problem and Unintended Consequences
  • 6.2.4 Knowledge Problems in Executing Operations
  • 6.3 Political Economy Problems
  • 6.3.1 The Credible Commitment Problem
  • 6.3.2 The Conflict Between Political and Non-political Goals
  • 6.3.3 Bureaucratic Pathologies
  • 6.3.4 Self-Interested Elected Officials and Special Interests
  • 6.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: When Is Top-Down State-Building Appropriate?
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Better off Stateless?
  • 7.3 Why Government?
  • 7.4 Reconstructing Afghanistan
  • 7.4.1 Afghanistan: Better off Stateless?
  • 7.4.2 Where Government May Do Some Good
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • References