Wolfgang Seibel

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. This book analyses four relevant cases from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Germany. Arguing that, while preventing disaster through public oversight is essentially easy, the difficult part for public officials and private contractors and consultants alike is to resist incenti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-030-67817-3
EAN: 9783030678173
Produktnummer: 38231930
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.6 cm 378 g
Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
Abbildungen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 378

Über den Autor

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).