Calculating Political Risk

Althaus, Catherine

ISBN 10: 1921410531 / ISBN 13: 9781921410536

Published by UNSW Press, 2008

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Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing otherwise clean and undamaged, only minor wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calculating Political Risk
• Publisher: UNSW Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921410531
• ISBN 13: 9781921410536
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 414 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics, Industry & Finance

About this title

Synopsis

This powerful new book is the first ever examination of how political risk-something faced by every political actor innumerable times per day-is calculated and used in decision making. It opens with an outline of the historical and linguistic origins of risk, a section on the various disciplinary understandings of risk, the risk society concept and how risk has come to be so prominent in the context of environmental disaster and terrorism. The book then defines political risk and looks at its manifestations in the public sector from project to high-level political risk. It also looks at risk identification versus risk management and the various processes at work. The final chapters compare the experiences and lessons learned from the case studies and practitioner insights in previous chapters, to formulate a better understanding of what political risk is and what its calculation means in political practice. Finally, the author shows how political risk calculation provides a fresh perspective on policy analysis and identifies how political risk is relevant to a broader understanding of politics and political science as well as policy formulation and implementation on the ground.

About the Author

Catherine Althaus is an assistant Professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. Prior to this she was an ANZSOG (Australia and New Zealand School of Government) Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Political Science Program of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. She was also a University Medallist and an Associate Fellow with the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University in Brisbane. Althaus was a former official of the Queensland Treasury Department and Queensland Office of the Cabinet, having worked as a policy officer and research assistant to directors-general of both agencies. Her present research interests focus on public policy and public administration as well as bioethics, leadership in the public service and the interface between politics and religion. She recently co-authored the fourth edition of the Australian Policy Handbook with Peter Bridgman and Glyn Davis, and has published articles in Risk Analysis and The Canberra Times.