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The global economic downturn that followed the collapse of major US financial institutions is no doubt the most significant crisis of our times. Its effects on corporate and governmental balance sheets have been devastating, as have been its impacts on the employment and well being of tens of... read more
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“Crises are the combined products of unusual events and shared perceptions that something is seriously wrong.”
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“Knowledge begets action.”
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“If men define their situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
First Sentence edit
The global downturn that followed the collapse of major US financial institutions is no doubt the most significant economic crisis of our times.
Table of Contents edit
The contributors ix
Part I. Setting the stage
1. From ‘market correction’ to ‘global catastrophe’: framing the 3
economic downturn
Paul ’t Hart and Karen Tindall
2. Understanding crisis exploitation: leadership, rhetoric 21
and framing contests in response to the economic meltdown
Paul ’t Hart and Karen Tindall
Part II. One crisis, different worlds: the United States and Canada
3. The United States: crisis leadership in times of transition 43
Isaac Ijjo Donato
4. Canada: the politics of optimism 69
Anastasia Glushko
Part III. Dark clouds and turbulence in Europe
5. United Kingdom: the politics of government survival 99
Justin Pritchard
6. Republic of Ireland: from Celtic tiger to recession victim 127
Adam Masters
7. France: dominant leadership 157
Natalie Windle
8. The European Union: from impotence to opportunity? 181
Tully Fletcher
Part IV. No hiding place: the meltdown and the Asia-Pacific Region
9. Australia: ‘the lucky country’ on a knife edge 203
Matthew Laing and Karen Tindall
10. New Zealand: electoral politics in times of crisis 243
Michael Jones
11. Singapore: staying the course 267
Faith Benjaathonsirikul
Part V. Comparisons and reflections
12. Contesting the frame: opposition leadership and the global 287
financial crisis
Brendan McCaffrie
13. Crisis leadership in terra incognita: why meaning making is 309
not enough
Arjen Boin
14. Framing dilemmas in the quest for successful crisis management 315
Allan McConnell
15. Managing trans-boundary crises: leadership challenges for the 323
EU Presidency
Bengt Sundelius
16. Public leadership and the social construction of economic 331
catastrophe
Paul ’t Hart and Karen Tindall
Series & Lists edit
This book is in ANZSOG Series. (standard series)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: ANU E Press
Country: Australia
Publication Date: September 2009
ISBN: 9781921666049
Page Count: 362
Publisher: ANU E Press
Country: Australia
Publication Date: September 2009
ISBN: 9781921666049
Page Count: 362
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 352.3
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