The Network Governance in Response to Acts of Terrorism: Comparative Analyses (Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy)

High performance during catastrophic terrorist events require the ability to assess and adapt capacity rapidly, restore or enhance disrupted or inadequate communications, utilize flexible decision making swiftly, and expand coordination and trust between multiple emergency and crisis response agencies. These requirements are superimposed on conventional administrative systems that rely on relatively rigid plans, decision protocols, and formal relationships that assume smooth sailing and uninterrupted communications and coordination. Network Governance in Response to Acts of Terrorism focuses on the inter-organizational performance and coordinated response to recent terrorist incidents across different national, legal, and cultural contexts in New York, Bali, Istanbul, Madrid, London, and Mumbai. Effortlessly combining each case study with content analyses of news reports from local and national newspapers, situation reports from government emergency/crisis management agencies, and, interviews with public managers, community leaders, and nonprofit executives involved in response operations, Naim Kapucu presents an overview of how different countries tackle emergencies by employing various collaborative decision-making processes, thus, offering a global perspective with different approaches. These features make this book an important read for both scholars and practitioners eager to reconcile existing decision-making theories with practice. List of Tables p. ix List of Figures p. xi Foreword p. xiii Acknowledgments p. xvii 1 Introduction p. 1 2 Decision Making in Complex Environments of Disasters p. 13 3 Collaborative Decision Making in Complex Environments of Disasters p. 38 4 Disaster Management in the United States p. 62 5 Disaster Management in Indonesia p. 83 6 Disaster Management in Turkey p. 108 7 Disaster Management in Spain p. 138 8 Disaster Management in the United Kingdom p. 154 9 Disaster Management in India p. 175 10 Conclusion: Comparative and International Disaster Management p. 194 Appendix A Literature Review Summary on Decision-Making in Emergencies p. 207 Appendix B Literature Review Summary on Collaborative Decision-Making in Emergencies p. 217 Appendix C Federal Response Plan (FRP)-1999 p. 223 Appendix D List of Organizations Involved in Bali 2002 Bombings Response Operations p. 225 Appendix E Emergency and Crisis Management System in Australia p. 229 Appendix F Major Laws/Regulations Related to Disasters and Respective Responsible Ministries in Turkey p. 239 Appendix G List of Organizations Involved in Istanbul 2003 Bombings Response p. 241 Appendix H List of Organizations Involved in Madrid 2004 Bombings Response Operations p. 245 Appendix I List of Organizations Involved in London 2005 Bombings Response Operations p. 247 Appendix J List of Organizations Involved in Mumbai 2008 Bombings Response Operations p. 249 Appendix K Additional Sources for Disaster Management and Selected Terrorism Cases p. 251 Bibliography p. 257 Index p. 277 Develops and applies a theoretical framework of collaborative decision-making, organizational behavior, and networks to examine collaborative responses to terrorist attacks that have taken place in the last 10 years across different national, legal and cultural contexts.