About the Author:\ Donald F. Kettl is the Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Fels Institute of Government, and professor of political science
About the Author:Donald F. Kettl is the Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Fels Institute of Government, and professor of political science
ForewordPreface1Reading the vital signs : the response to 9/1112The system breaks down143The federal bureaucracy responds334State and local struggles575The political costs of managing risk766Civil rights and civil liberties927Stress test112Notes130Index142