Collapsing structures and public mismanagement / Wolfgang Seibel.
2022
JF1525.A26 S45 2022
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Title
Collapsing structures and public mismanagement / Wolfgang Seibel.
ISBN
9783030678180 (electronic bk.)
3030678180 (electronic bk.)
9783030678173
3030678172
3030678180 (electronic bk.)
9783030678173
3030678172
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
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English
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1 online resource : illustrations
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10.1007/978-3-030-67818-0 doi
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JF1525.A26 S45 2022
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352.5
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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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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Black Swans and Sinatra Inferences
2. Evaporated Responsibility: The Collapse of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne on 15 October 1970
3. Intended Ignorance: The Collapse of the I-35 W Mississippi River Bridge on 1 August 2007
4. Erosion of Professional Integrity: The Collapse of the Canterbury TV Building in Christchurch on 22 February 2011
5. Politicization of the Non-Politicizable: The Collapse of the Ice Skating Rink in Bad Reichenhall on 2 January 2006
6. Conclusion: Strategic Learning and Situational High Reliability.
2. Evaporated Responsibility: The Collapse of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne on 15 October 1970
3. Intended Ignorance: The Collapse of the I-35 W Mississippi River Bridge on 1 August 2007
4. Erosion of Professional Integrity: The Collapse of the Canterbury TV Building in Christchurch on 22 February 2011
5. Politicization of the Non-Politicizable: The Collapse of the Ice Skating Rink in Bad Reichenhall on 2 January 2006
6. Conclusion: Strategic Learning and Situational High Reliability.