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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524671703321

Autore

Givens Austen D. <1982->

Titolo

Disaster Labs : How American States Use Partnerships to Manage the Unthinkable / / Austen D. Givens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Quantico, VA, : Marine Corps University Press (MCUP), 2020

Quantico, Virginia : , : Marine Corps University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-7370404-3-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 332 pages)

Disciplina

363.34/80973

Soggetti

Public-private sector cooperation - United States

Emergency management - United States

Disaster relief - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Rise of State-Disaster-Oriented Public-Private Partnerships -- California Dreaming? -- Disaster-Oriented PPPs in Florida -- The Divided Empire State -- Disasters in the Old Dominion -- Toward New Understandings of Disaster-Oriented PPPs.

Sommario/riassunto

"Disaster Labs examines the promise and potential drawbacks of public-private disaster response frameworks during the course of seven chapters. After the introduction, the author introduces a series of case studies and then provides a detailed discussion of public-private collaboration in California, Florida, New York, and Virginia. A concluding chapter then comparatively assesses the value of these partnerships. The cases discussed in Disaster Labs range from informal ad hoc collaborations to formalized initiatives with detailed structures defined in contracts and memoranda, setting expectations for performance and accountability for both the government and private actors. Such accountability is desirable as it can limit fraud and corruption. But it is important to emphasize that not all solutions work in all situations, either"--