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Stress testing the USApublic policy and reaction to disaster events /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Stress testing the USAJohn Rennie Short.
Reminder of title:	public policy and reaction to disaster events /
Author:	Short, John R.
Published:	New York, New York :Palgrave Macmillan,[2013]
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137325747
ISBN:	9781137325747 (electronic bk.)

Stress testing the USApublic policy and reaction to disaster events /
Short, John R.

Stress testing the USApublic policy and reaction to disaster events /[electronic resource] :John Rennie Short. - New York, New York :Palgrave Macmillan,[2013] - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 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.

"The book provides detailed account of four major disasters that befell the USA in the first decade of the twenty first century: the invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans, financial meltdown and the Gulf oil spill. It provides a compelling narrative of each event that summarizes the main findings but also shows the connections and ultimately the deep stresses that fracture contemporary USA. The text is very accessible to the general reader. The book will illuminate these wider and deeper structural flaws and make some general policy suggestions. In summary, it is guide to what ails the USA and what needs to be done to fix it"--

ISBN: 9781137325747 (electronic bk.)

Source: 664655Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

583949
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E179 / .S56 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 973.93

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