Collapsing structures and public mismanagement / Wolfgang Seibel.
This open access book is about mismanagement of public agencies as a threat to life and limb. Collapsing bridges and buildings kill people and often leave many more injured. Such disasters do not happen out of the blue nor are they purely technical in nature since construction and maintenance are su...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2022 English/International Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| Summary: | This open access book is about mismanagement of public agencies as a threat to life and limb. Collapsing bridges and buildings kill people and often leave many more injured. Such disasters do not happen out of the blue nor are they purely technical in nature since construction and maintenance are subject to safety regulation and enforcement by governmental agencies. The book analyses four relevant cases from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Germany. Rather than stressing well-known pathologies of bureaucracy as a potential source of disaster, this book argues, learning for the sake of prevention should aim at neutralizing threats to integrity and strengthening a sense of responsibility among public officials. Wolfgang Seibel is Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, and an Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany. His new book is an outcome of the research project "Black Swans in Public Administration: Rare Organizational Failure with Severe Consequences" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030678172 9783030678173 3030678180 9783030678180 |