Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector 3rd edition is a guide for public managers and public management students which combines practical and scholarly knowledge about risk and crisis management together in a single accessible text. In the uncertainty of the twenty-first century, public managers need to know how to identify risks and plan for crises, how to respond to uncertain events and emergencies and how to develop resilience. This book provides this fundamental knowledge with reference to a range of contemporary cases including COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and global cyber-crime crises. It also explores the international, transboundary and multi-agency dimensions of risk and crisis management.

This fully updated new edition explores the cutting edge of risk and crisis management scholarship, provides an extensive series of tools and practical guidance for public managers who deal with uncertainty and draws on a wealth of classic and contemporary case studies. This content equips readers and public managers with the knowledge and skills to understand key issues and debates, as well as the capacity to treat risks and better prepare for, respond to and recover from crisis episodes. This book is essential reading for students studying public management, risk management and crisis management as well as professionals in the public management sector.

About the Author

Lynn T. Drennan is Former Education Programme Director at the Institute of Risk Management, UK.

Adina Dudau is Professor of Public Management at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Allan McConnell is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Alastair Stark is Associate Professor in Public Policy at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Reviews

"This third edition is the best of the lot. It provides a comprehensive guide to new students and experienced practitioners alike. It combines, with great skill, insights from policy and public management studies to help readers understand and navigate public sector crises."

Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics, University of Stirling, UK.

"As public managers around the world try to assess the successes and failures of national COVID-19 responses, this very welcome new edition of a key text reminds us just how substantial the challenges of risk and crisis management really are. From risk identification to matters of risk communication, and from contingency planning to post-crisis evaluation and learning, the main issues are presented in a clear, highly informed and well-structured fashion. Promising to meet the practitioner 'halfway', we are taken through the complexities and contradictions of risk and crisis but pointed also to the possibilities for learning from practical and academic experience across several risk domains. The call is for better crisis leadership, enhanced levels of preparedness and for greater organizational resilience in the face of emergent risks. In the wake of recent experience, this message is more essential than ever."

Alan Irwin, Professor, Department of Organization,Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

"Updated with a wealth of Covid era research from around the globe, the third edition of this widely used textbook easily remains the essential one stop shop for anyone seeking a state of the art overview of 'what we know' and 'what to (not) to do' in dealing with risks and coping with crises in public sector contexts."

Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032434728
Author Lynn T. Drennan
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd