Title: Flirting with disaster : public management in crisis situations /
Authors: Schneider, Saundra K., 1952-
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Emergency management United States; Crisis management in government United States.
Contents: Foreword / Kenneth J. Meier -- -- Pt. 1. Analytical and Theoretical Frameworks -- 1. The Varied Success of the Governmental Response to Natural Disasters -- 2. Natural Disasters as Public Policy Issues -- 3. The Governmental Response System -- 4. Human Behavior and Governmental Activity in Disasters : Two Sets of Norms -- 5. The Gap between Bureaucratic and Emergent Norms -- -- Pt. 2. Case Studies of Natural Disasters -- 6. A General Framework for Examining the Success or Failure of the Governmental Response to Natural Disasters -- 7. Hurricane Hugo in the Caribbean Islands -- 8. Hurricane Andrew in South Florida -- 9. South Carolina's Experience with Hurricane Hugo -- 10. The Loma Prieta Earthquake in California -- 11. Hurricane Hugo in North Carolina -- 12. Hurricane Andrew in Louisiana -- 13. "Normal" Disasters : 1990 Floods in South Carolina -- -- Pt. 3. Summary, Implications, and Conclusions -- 14. The Paradox of Governmental Performance -- 15. Considering Recommendations for Change