Network Governance in Response to Acts of Terrorism: Comparative Analyses

by Kapucu; Naim

• ISBN13: 9780415500111
• ISBN10: 0415500117
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

High performance during catastrophic terrorist events require the ability to assess and adapt capacity rapidly, restore or enhance disrupted or inadequate communications, utilize flexible decision making swiftly, and expand coordination and trust between multiple emergency and crisis response agencies. These requirements are superimposed on conventional administrative systems that rely on relatively rigid plans, decision protocols, and formal relationships that assume smooth sailing and uninterrupted communications and coordination. Network Governance in Response to Acts of Terrorismfocuses on the inter-organizational performance and coordinated response to recent terrorist incidents across different national, legal, and cultural contexts in New York, Bali, Istanbul, Madrid, London, and Mumbai. Effortlessly combining each case study with content analyses of news reports from local and national newspapers, situation reports from government emergency/crisis management agencies, and, interviews with public managers, community leaders, and nonprofit executives involved in response operations, Naim Kapucu presents an overview of how different countries tackle emergencies by employing various collaborative decision-making processes, thus, offering a global perspective with different approaches. These features make this book an important read for both scholars and practitioners eager to reconcile existing decision-making theories with practice.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Decision Making in Complex Environments of Disasters	p. 13
Collaborative Decision Making in Complex Environments of Disasters	p. 38
Disaster Management in the United States	p. 62
Disaster Management in Indonesia	p. 83
Disaster Management in Turkey	p. 108
Disaster Management in Spain	p. 138
Disaster Management in the United Kingdom	p. 154
Disaster Management in India	p. 175
Conclusion: Comparative and International Disaster Management	p. 194
Literature Review Summary on Decision-Making in Emergencies	p. 207
Literature Review Summary on Collaborative Decision-Making in Emergencies	p. 217
Federal Response Plan (FRP)-1999	p. 223
List of Organizations Involved in Bali 2002 Bombings Response Operations	p. 225
Emergency and Crisis Management System in Australia	p. 229
Major Laws/Regulations Related to Disasters and Respective Responsible Ministries in Turkey	p. 239
List of Organizations Involved in Istanbul 2003 Bombings Response	p. 241
List of Organizations Involved in Madrid 2004 Bombings Response Operations	p. 245
List of Organizations Involved in London 2005 Bombings Response Operations	p. 247
List of Organizations Involved in Mumbai 2008 Bombings Response Operations	p. 249
Additional Sources for Disaster Management and Selected Terrorism Cases	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 257
Index	p. 277
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