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Collapsing Structures and Public Mismanagement

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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.

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352.5 COL W

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan Cham., 2022

Collation

xvii, 182 p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783030678180

Classification

352.5

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Subject(s)

Political science
Political Science and INternational Studies

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Statement of Responsibility

Wolfgang Seibel

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