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Association: Name: American Political Science Association URL: http://www.apsanet.org
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Roberts, Patrick. "Was it the Plans, the Leaders, or the System? Hurricane Katrina and the Difficulty of Reform in the American Political System" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-08 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211609_index.html>

Roberts, P. S. , 2007-08-30 "Was it the Plans, the Leaders, or the System? Hurricane Katrina and the Difficulty of Reform in the American Political System" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-08 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211609_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Abstract: This paper investigates the plans, leadership, and natural events that led to Hurricane Katrina and shows that while there was blame enough to go around, catastrophe was inevitable when a major hurricane struck an urban area along the Gulf Coast because no single entity had sufficient responsibility for mitigating the effects of disasters before they occur. Government and scholarly diagnoses of the failures in Hurricane Katrina typically blame either poor disaster planning or poor leadership at all levels of government. Instead of the problems with plans or leadership during response, I focus on the failures and contradictions in the system of disaster preparedness, specifically the lack of attention to disaster mitigation. I classify mitigation policy as a potential general interest policy reform that faces obstacles similar to a class of other reforms and provide suggestions for how reformers might institutionalize mitigation policy to better prepare for disasters.

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