"In autumn 2005, three massive hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma struck the U.S. with catastrophic results. Hurricane Katrina, in particular, stood out as one of the worst disasters of the past 100 years. The emergency response to Katrina was so inadequate and problematic that the U.S. was humiliated both at home and abroad. These events prompted perhaps the deepest and most sustained examination of public emergency management (EM) fun ..."
"Charles Lindblom, Politics and Markets (New York: Basic Books, 1977). ... and
James Q. Wilson, Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They
Do It (New York: Basic Books, 1989), often show more attention to internal
management and organization; they were published, obviously, after the books
summarized in this chapter and appear to reflect a ... less frequent in the
bureaucratic- politics literature than in the organization ..."
"The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the `leaders', and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governa ..."
Selective service and a changing America; A study of organizational environmental relationships (Merrill political science series) by Gary L. Wamsley Paperback, 259 Pages, Published 1969 by C. E. Merrill Pub. Co ISBN-13: 978-0-675-09505-1, ISBN: 0-675-09505-0
The political economy of public organizations(Updated) A critique and approach to the study of public administration by Gary L. Wamsley Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1977 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34525-7, ISBN: 0-253-34525-1
Coping With Catastrophe Building an Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural & Manmade Disasters by Gary L. Wamsley Plastic Comb, 138 Pages, Published 1993 by Diane Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-7881-1635-3, ISBN: 0-7881-1635-5
"Building An Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural
and Manmade Disasters ; a Report Gary L. ... a comprehensive approach to
protecting citizens from the ravages of emergencies of all kinds: military attack,
natural ... the panel's charter which asks for an examination of FEMA's role,
mission, planning, resources and leadership capacity. ... the basic management
systems to function effectively; and it has not ..."