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The Metropolitan Center October 6, 2005

The Metropolitan Center October 6, 2005. Richard S. Olson Professor & Chair Department of Political Science Florida International University. The Fatal Post-Disaster Political Mistake: Underestimating. “Special Time” + Spotlight & Microscope.

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The Metropolitan Center October 6, 2005

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  1. The Metropolitan Center October 6, 2005 Richard S. Olson Professor & Chair Department of Political Science Florida International University

  2. The Fatal Post-Disaster Political Mistake: Underestimating “Special Time” + Spotlight & Microscope

  3. Disasters as Publicly Revelatory Events: The “5 C’s” of any Administration 1. Capabilities 2. Competence 3. Correctness (or Corruptness) 4. Compassion 5. Credibility + And Again: Spotlight & Microscope

  4. A Particular Katrina Problem: A Blame Progression 1. Unforeseeable Event 2. Don’t Play the Game 3. Vertical-Up/Down (Federal-State-Local) 4. All of Us (System) 5. Onward to Reconstruction Result: Loss of Credibility/Confidence

  5. Rebuilding New Orleans? Not Strictly Rational, Why? Compensatory Political Necessity for a Perceived Federal Failure (Whatever Happened to the Gulf Coast?)

  6. Thank You!

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