Success? Failure? Something in-between? A framework for evaluating crisis management

Policy and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-76

  McConnell, Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79956113437     PISSN: 14494035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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