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Administrative Failure and the International NGO Response to Hurricane Katrina
Author(s) -
Eikenberry Angela M.,
Arroyave Verónica,
Cooper Tracy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00825.x
Subject(s) - hurricane katrina , public administration , documentation , political science , government (linguistics) , disaster response , emergency management , crisis response , natural disaster , crisis management , public relations , law , geography , meteorology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language
The devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent failure of government agencies and public administrators elicited an unprecedented response by international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) to a disaster in the United States. This paper focuses on why so many INGOs were compelled to provide humanitarian assistance and relief in the United States for the first time and the administrative barriers they faced while doing so. What does such a response reveal about administrative failures in the wake of Katrina, and what might the implications be for reconceptualizing roles for nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations in disaster relief? The authors answer these questions using data from interviews with INGO representatives, organizational press releases and Web sites, news articles, and official reports and documentation.