Pragmatism and political crisis management : principle and practical rationality during the financial crisis /: principle and practical rationality during the financial crisis. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Elgaronline: Social and Political Science Collection 2019.
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Ansell (University of California, Berkeley, US) and Martin Bartenberger (RATIS, Germany).
• Authors: Ansell, Christopher; Bartenberger, Martin
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: 1. Strategic crisis management in the public domain -- 2. Pragmatism and the hidden resources of practical rationality -- 3. Decision making and meaning making in the face of uncertainty -- 4. Pragmatist political crisis management -- 5. An "unprecedented crisis": the U.S. financial crisis of 2008 -- 6. The rescue of the investment bank Bear Stearns -- 7. The collapse of Lehman Brothers and the rescue of AIG -- 8. Comparative reflections and new hypotheses -- 9. Conclusion: The practical rationality of crisis leadership -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 252 pages)
• Subjects: 352.3; Crisis management in government; Pragmatism -- Political aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788978569; 1788978560
• Related ISBNs: 1788978552; 9781788978552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 31, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.