Dealing with Disaster is acomparative public administrationanalysis of the administrative and

governance challenges thatgovernments face in confronting

natural, industrial and publichealth disaster situations.

With authors from 12 countries,the book examines the issues

involved from several perspectives:theoretical approaches, the

international dimension, nationaladministrative capacity

requirements and disaster casestudies.

Dealing with Disaster: Public Capacities for Crisis and

Contingency Management

BOOK LAUNCH

Edited by David C.G. Brown, University of Ottawa and Jacek Czaputowicz,University of Warsaw

(e-publication of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences)

David Brown, AdjunctProfessor, Public

Administration Program,School of Political

Studies, University ofOttawa

Lauren Touchant, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre

on Governance,University of Ottawa

Anaïs ValiquetteL'Heureux, AssistantProfessor, California

State University

Thursday, February 25, 202111:30 am – 1:00 pm

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