Do crises help remedy regulatory failure? A comparative study of the Walkerton water and Jerusalem banquet hall disasters
Schwartz, R. and McConnell, Allan (2009) Do crises help remedy regulatory failure? A comparative study of the Walkerton water and Jerusalem banquet hall disasters. Canadian Public Administration, 52 (1). pp. 91-112. ISSN 0008-4840 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-7121.2009.00061.x)
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This study explores whether and how policy changes in the aftermath of a crisis. The authors ask why pre-existing regulatory regimes that are identified as contributory factors to "failure" are not necessarily reformed in the wake of a crisis. The investigation adds to the literature that addresses the classic tension between reformism and conservatism in post-crisis periods. Regulatory failure is identified as being largely responsible for two crises - the tainted drinking-water tragedy in Walkerton, Canada, and the collapse of a banquet hall in Jerusalem, Israel. Despite similarities in the nature of media coverage, institutional procedures for investigation and commission findings, these two tragedies differ dramatically in policy change outcomes. A policy streams prism is used to identify, characterize and analyse reasons for very different policy responses to crises associated with regulatory failure.
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Item type: Article ID code: 26379 Dates: DateEvent7 April 2009PublishedSubjects: Political Science > Political science (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Users 45 not found. Date deposited: 22 Jul 2010 11:15 Last modified: 26 Jun 2024 06:09 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/26379