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Calculating Political Risk (Hardcover)
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Calculating Political Risk (Hardcover)
Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
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Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more
than a political science treatise. Althaus draws on diverse
literature, extensive interviews and intriguing case studies to
offer interdisciplinary, practical and nuanced insight. This book
provides new perspectives and more precise language for making
sense of a critical dimension of politics, policy-making and public
management. Evert Lindquist, Director and Professor, School of
Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada This powerful
new book is the first ever examination of the hard edge of how
political risk - something faced by all political actors
innumerable times every day - is calculated and used in
decision-making. It opens with an outline of the historical and
linguistic origins of risk, the various disciplinary understandings
of risk, the risk society concept, and how risk has come to be so
prominent in the context of environmental disaster and terrorism.
The book then defines political risk and looks at its
manifestations in the public sector, from project to high-level
political risk. It also looks at risk identification versus risk
management and compares the concept of political risk with the
private sector practice of risk management. Unique research
findings from interviews with over 100 risk practitioners and
politicians provide a detailed look at how political actors
calculate political risk. Case study-based chapters look in-depth
at neat and discrete examples: risk calculation in state
development plans in Australia; political risk identification and
management in the UK during the mad cow crisis; and US government
risk calculation in the post-September 11 context. The final
chapters draw together the experiences and lessons learned from the
case studies and practitioner insights to formulate a better
understanding of what political risk is and what its calculation
means in political practice. The author shows how political risk
calculation provides a fresh perspective on policy analysis and
identifies how political risk is relevant to a broader
understanding of politics and political science, as well as policy
formulation and implementation on the ground.
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