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5. Frontline Realities

Authors : Hamish McLean, Jacqui Ewart

Published in: Political Leadership in Disaster and Crisis Communication and Management

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter lifts the curtain that sits behind the frontline to explore the realities of efforts to save life and property when media interest is intense and political actors head for the first photo opportunity. This chapter examines how emergency managers attract the attention of political elites in peacetime between disasters and deal with the spotlight on political leadership—good and bad. What is expected of political leaders is often not what is delivered. Emergency managers are acutely aware, however, that perceptions matter and that the power of the elected official needs to be handled with refined diplomacy.

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Title: Frontline Realities
Authors: Hamish McLean
Jacqui Ewart
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Political Leadership in Disaster and Crisis Communication and Management
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-42900-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-42901-0

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42901-0_5