LEADER 04361nam 22006375 450 001 9910520099203321 005 20251009101912.0 010 $a9783030678180 010 $a3030678180 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-67818-0 035 $a(CKB)5340000000068897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6845974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6845974 035 $a(OCoLC)1292365491 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77344 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-67818-0 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010067607 035 $a(oapen)doab77344 035 $a(EXLCZ)995340000000068897 100 $a20220107d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCollapsing Structures and Public Mismanagement /$fby Wolfgang Seibel 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 311 08$a9783030678173 311 08$a3030678172 327 $a1. Introduction: Black Swans and Sinatra Inferences -- 2. Evaporated Responsibility: The Collapse of the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne on 15 October 1970 -- 3. Intended Ignorance: The Collapse of the I-35 W Mississippi River Bridge on 1 August 2007 -- 4. Erosion of Professional Integrity: The Collapse of the Canterbury TV Building in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 -- 5. Politicization of the Non-Politicizable: The Collapse of the Ice Skating Rink in Bad Reichenhall on 2 January 2006 -- 6. Conclusion: Strategic Learning and Situational High Reliability. 330 $a?In what is certain to become an indispensable book on public failures, their origins, and consequences, Wolfgang Seibel builds piece-by-piece a unique contribution to the study of rare events and the search for resilience in public policy. This is a must-read for those who want to better understand such ?black swan? events and the search for resilience.? ? Andrew B. Whitford, Professor at the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA ?A must read for practitioners and scholars, Wolfgang Seibel?s latest book provides profound insight in the intersection of public administration mismanagement and the absence of responsible leadership. An exceptional contribution to the field.? ? Janine O?Flynn, Professor of Public Management, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government, Australia 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. The book analyses four relevant cases from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Germany. Rather than stressing well-known pathologies of bureaucracy as a potential source of disaster, this book argues, learning for the sake of prevention should aim at neutralizing threats to integrity and strengthening a sense of responsibility among public officials. 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). 606 $aUrban policy 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aUrban Policy 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aPublic Administration 615 0$aUrban policy. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 14$aUrban Policy. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aPublic Administration. 676 $a351 676 $a351 686 $aLAW001000$aPOL028000$2bisacsh 700 $aSeibel$b Wolfgang$0262924 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910520099203321 996 $aCollapsing Structures and Public Mismanagement$92585513 997 $aUNINA