Reaching for the Philosopher’s Stone
Contingent Coordination and the Military’s Response to Hurricane Katrina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7362152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Morris (0000-0001-9820-5618, Old Dominion University), Elizabeth D Morris (United States Government Accountability Office), Dale M Jones (Old Dominion University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | s1 |
| Pages | 94-106 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00818.x |
| OpenAlex | W2058159152 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 18 |
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005, it immediately overwhelmed the abilities of local and state emergency management officials to respond to the ensuing disaster. Although the U.S. Coast Guard and some military units were on scene shortly after the passage of the storm, there seemed to be interminable delays before the military forces began to arrive in numbers to both provide humanitarian relief and secure the affected areas. This article analyzes the response of the National Guard, active‐duty military, and Coast Guard forces through the lens of coordination. We find evidence of the successful use of both traditional hierarchical and network‐based coordination; we also find support for Donald Kettl’s idea of “contingent coordination
Active duty · Archaeology · Coast guard · Duty · Emergency management · Environmental protection · Geography · Guard (computer science · Hurricane katrina · Landfall · Meteorology · Military personnel · National guard · Natural disaster · Political science · State (computer science · Storm · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · History · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Law · Military Strategy and Technology · Public Administration
Compelled to Coordinate
Reorganizing the welfare state administration
Responding strategically to natural hazards
Accountability in Governance Networks
How to support the endurance of long‐term networks
Collaborative emergency management and national emergency management network
Expanding the Universe of Multi‐Organizational Arrangements
Using punctuated equilibrium theory to explain changes in policy outputs
The Consent Order as Mandated Collaboration
Working together through the storm
Seeking Patterns in Chaos
Decision Biases and Heuristics Among Emergency Managers
Assessing and Managing Environmental Risk
How to organize in turbulence
The Four Cs of disaster partnering
The Science of Public Administration
The principles of scientific management
Contingent Coordination
Politics, Position, and Power
Mandates and Management Challenges in the Trenches
Administrative Breakdowns in the Governmental Response to Hurricane Katrina
Managing the Emergency Response
Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response in Disasters
Governmental Response to Disasters
Organizing for Homeland Security after Katrina
Interorganizational Coordination, Administrative Consolidation, and Policy Performance
The Science of Public Administration
Inside Collaborative Networks
Public Management as Interagency Cooperation
Modeling the Impact of Public Management
Treating Networks Seriously
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,88 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |