Unconventional Crises,Unconventional Responses: Reforming
Since the s,North America and Europe have confronted a series of unconventional,catastrophic,or hypercomplex crises. On the one hand,the U.S. and Canada have faced 9/11,the anthrax crisis,the SARS outbreak,and Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile,Europe has been hit by the Mad Cow disease,the heatwave,and forest fires in Greece. In addition,both sides were involved in the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami.Events such as these have destabilized,or even overwhelmed,traditiona