Disasters present unforeseen challenges for political leadership. Emergency management professionals must study disaster relief and how politics and the reactions of elected officials and constituents to these significant events demand a political response. This is true even if politics do not cause them. While the subject is extensive, I want to highlight the issues we have seen over the last few years. As professionals, we must conduct fundamental research to explore recent developments and then consider the most important topics for future research.
Great piece! This is such a timely and important topic. I think for me the key concept is that governments have layers and the various different layers think they own different pieces of the disaster but that the affected people could care less about any of that. They expect one government to get its act together and help them
Great piece! This is such a timely and important topic. I think for me the key concept is that governments have layers and the various different layers think they own different pieces of the disaster but that the affected people could care less about any of that. They expect one government to get its act together and help them