Title: The managerial eye: remarks on the relevance of sociology in understanding the complexity of crisis situations

Authors: Thomas Alam, Jeremie Nollet

Addresses: CERAPS – CNRS (Lille Centre for Politics), 1, Place Deliot, BP 629, F-59024 Lille Cedex, France. ' CERAPS – CNRS (Lille Centre for Politics), 1, Place Deliot, BP 629, F-59024 Lille Cedex, France

Abstract: The central tenet of this article is to question the dead angles of the crisis management literature from a sociological perspective. This is done through sketching a comparison between the managerial and sociological visions of crises as well as an expeditious presentation of how political sociology can be used in the understanding of the 1996 French BSE crisis management.

Keywords: political sociology; crises; continuity hypothesis; specific contexts; strategies; emergency management; crisis management; France; BSE.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2006.010277

International Journal of Emergency Management, 2006 Vol.3 No.1, pp.12 - 20

Published online: 12 Jul 2006 *

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