TY - BOOK AU - Short,J. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Stress Testing the USA: Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events SN - 9781137325747 AV - JF20-2112 U1 - 351 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Public administration KW - Political science KW - Environmental sociology KW - Terrorism KW - Political violence KW - United States-Politics and government KW - Political economy KW - Public Administration KW - Political Science KW - Environmental Sociology KW - Terrorism and Political Violence KW - US Politics KW - International Political Economy N2 - In this volume, the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Financial Meltdown that led to the Great Recession and the Giant Oil Spill. The author uses stress-testing to identify weaknesses within the "system," and examine the response to disaster UR - https://s443-doi-org.br.lsproxy.net/10.1057/9781137325747 ER -