Wamsley, Gary L. <br/><br/>
Escalating in a quagmire :  the changing dynamics of the emergency management policy subsystem 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  may/june 1996 
<br/><br/> How has the federal emergency management system fared in postandrew era? When hurricare andrew struck south Florida in the waning days of the 1992 presidential campaing, it sent shock waves though the white house and emergency management policy subsystem that not yes subsided. Wamsley and schroeder analyze the causes and effects and conclude: (1)that politics of disaters are escalating and have become reliable props for the media, presidency, and have political theatre at the same time that, (2)the policy subsystem is undergoing its most extensive changes since FEMA was formed, and (3)that a number of the pathologies of our political system are highlighted by the events.