Governing after Crisis : The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning

List of illustrations ix List of tables x Contributors xiii Introduction Governing after crisis 3(30) Arjen Boin Allan McConnell Paul't Hart Part I Crisis-induced accountability Weathering the politics of responsibility and blame: the Bush administration and its response to Hurricane Katrina 33(29) Thomas Preston A reversal of fortune: blame games and framing contests after the 3/11 terrorist attacks in Madrid 62(23) Jose A. Olmeda Flood response and political survival: Gerhard Schroder and the 2002 Elbe flood in Germany 85(29) Evelyn Bytzek The politics of tsunami responses: comparing patterns of blame management in Scandinavia 114(34) Annika Brandstrom Sanneke Kuipers Par Daleus Dutroux and dioxin: crisis investigations, elite accountability and institutional reform in Belgium 148(35) Sofie Staelraeve Paul 't Hart Part II Crisis-induced policy change and learning The 1975 Stockholm embassy seizure: crisis and the absence of reform 183(25) Dan Hansen The Walkerton water tragedy and the Jerusalem banquet hall collapse: regulatory failure and policy change 208(24) Robert Schwartz Allan McConnell Learning from crisis: NASA and the Challenger disaster 232(23) Arjen Boin September 11 and postcrisis investigation: exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 Commission 255(30) Charles F. Parker Sander Dekker Conclusion Conclusions: the politics of crisis exploitation 285(32) Arjen Boin Paul't Hart Allan McConnell Index 317