Managing Transboundary Crises: Identifying the Building Blocks of an Effective Response System

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-207

  Ansell, Chris ^a   Boin, Arjen ^b,c   Keller, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

EID: 78349269474     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2010.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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