Politics and Crisis Management of Animal Health Security

Dr John Connolly is a Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at the University of the West of Scotland. His main research and teaching interests include policy analysis, the politics of crisis management and multi-level governance. Before taking up his post at the University of the West of Scotland he was a policy and evaluation adviser in the Scottish public sector. He continues to undertake consultancy activities in relation to programme evaluation and policy development.

’What happens below the radar once a major crisis has receded? How should we be governed? What lessons should be learned? John Connolly has just written the definitive book, empirically rich and conceptually sophisticated, on what happened to the governance of animal health issues in the aftermath of the UK's foot and mouth crisis.’ Allan McConnell, University of Sydney, Australia ’Connolly’s book shows vividly how the interlinked disciplines of policy studies, political science and crisis management can be used to understand policy and organisational change in response to crisis. Grounded in theory, constructed through painstaking empirical research, and topped off with sound analytical insights into lesson learning, this book provides its own lessons into how to produce excellent research.’ David Judge, University of Strathclyde, UK

• Introduction; Part I The Politics of Crisis Management and the Management of Foot and Mouth in the UK; Chapter 1 The Politics of Crisis Management; Chapter 2 Policy and Organisational Change Lenses; Chapter 3 The 2001 Foot and Mouth Crisis; Part II Policy and Organisational Change; Chapter 4 Europeanisation in the Aftermath of Foot and Mouth; Chapter 5 UK Central-Level Policy Change; Chapter 6 Changes to the ‘Organisation’ of Crisis Management; Chapter 7 The Dynamics of Change;