Governing after crisis : the politics of investigation, accountability and learning / edited by Arjen Boin, Allan McConnell, Paul 't Hart.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Governing after crisis / Arjen Boin, Allan McConnell and Paul 't Hart -- Pt. I. Crisis-induced accountability -- 2. Weathering the politics of responsibility and blame: the Bush administration and its response to Hurricane Katrina / Thomas Preston -- 3. A reversal of fortune: blame games and framing contests after the 3/11 terrorist attacks in Madrid / Jose A. Olmeda -- 4. Flood response and political survival: Gerhard Schroder and the 2002 Elbe flood in Germany / Evelyn Bytzek -- 5. The politics of tsunami responses: comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia / Annika Brandstrom, Sanneke Kuipers and Par Daleus -- 6. Dutroux and dioxin: crisis investigations, elite accountability and institutional reform in Belgium / Sofie Staelraeve and Paul 't Hart -- Pt. II. Crisis-induced policy change and learning -- 7. The 1975 Stockholm embassy seizure: crisis and the absence of reform / Dan Hansen -- 8. The Walkerton water tragedy and the Jerusalem banquet hall collapse: regulatory failure and policy change / Robert Schwartz and Allan McConnell -- 9. Learning from crisis: NASA and the Challenger disaster / Arjen Boin -- 10. September 11 and postcrisis investigation: exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 Commission / Charles F. Parker and Sander Dekker -- 11. Conclusions: the politics of crisis exploitation / Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart and Allan McConnell.