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The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
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In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact of the crisis at the level of the organization as mentioned in this paper, which is a defining feature of contemporary governance.Abstract:
Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact of the crisis at ...read more
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Constructing the Political Spectacle
TL;DR: In this paper, Murray Edelman argues against the conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know, and explores the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (vol. 10)
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Organizational response to adversity: Fusing crisis management and resilience research streams
Trenton A. Williams,Daniel A. Gruber,Kathleen M. Sutcliffe,Dean A. Shepherd,Eric Yanfei Zhao +4 more
TL;DR: Research on crisis management and resilience has sought to explain how individuals and organizations anticipate and respond to adversity, yet there has been little integration across different disciplines as discussed by the authors. But, surprisingly, there have been few integration across disciplines.
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Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Breakdowns: The Limits of Crisis Management and the Need for Resilience
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the strengths and weaknesses of traditional approaches to crisis preparation and crisis response and argue that the established ways of organizing for critical decision-making will not suffice in the case of a catastrophic breakdown.
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Crisis exploitation: political and policy impacts of framing contests
TL;DR: The authors analyzed 15 cases of crisis-induced framing contests and identified potentially crucial factors that may explain both the political (effects on incumbent office-holders/institutions) and policy impacts of crises.
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