Center for Policy Research
Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Learning from Disaster: Policy Change after Catastrophic Events—
The Case of Aviation Security
Thomas A. Birkland
Associate Professor
Public Administration and Policy and Political Science
Center for Policy Research
Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Albany, NY 12222
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For presentation at the 2004 Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois. This paper is largely based on a forthcoming article in American Behavioral
Scientist.