Political Leadership in Disaster and Crisis Communication and Management: International Perspectives and Practices

by Hamish McLean and Jacqui Ewart

Book Overview

This book explores the role of elected leaders in disaster management. Filling a significant gap in disaster literature, the authors take a pragmatic approach to the relationships between the public under threat, the operational response, and the interests and actions of elected officials. Key tactics are explored, from the ways operational managers strategically deal with unreasonable political demands to what disaster officials argue is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030429032
• ISBN13: 9783030429034
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"