Responding to Crises in the Modern Infrastructure: Policy Lessons from Y2K

Author:   K. Quigley
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230535879


Pages:   211
Publication Date:   31 October 2008
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Our Price $224.40 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Responding to Crises in the Modern Infrastructure: Policy Lessons from Y2K


Add your own review!

Overview

This book examines comparatively the US and the UK governments' management of Y2K and considers the extent to which such management can be understood as responses to market pressures, public opinion and organized interests. It concludes by providing valuable lessons to those concerned about managing risk and critical infrastructure today.

Full Product Details

Author:   K. Quigley
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780230535879


ISBN 10:   0230535879
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   31 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Introduction Risk-A Contested Concept How did the Governments react to Y2K? The Market Failure Hypothesis Opinion-Responsive Hypothesis Interest Group Hypothesis (The Issue Network) Conclusion

Reviews

'Quigley's well-pacd account is meticulously researched and systematically presented. It is the most authoratative analysis we are likely to get of an episode that is inevitably coloured by the very different perceptions of the people most closely involved... Quigley is to be congratulated on producing a clear, accessible and authoritative account of how governments over-reacted to but, perhaps, also successfully headed-off, a disaster that never was.' - Chris Bellamy, Nottingham Trent University, Public Administration vol. 88


Author Information

KEVIN F. QUIGLEY is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List