{"product_id":"concorde-and-dissent-explaining-high-technology-project-failures-in-britain-and-france-paperback-9780521108263","title":"Concorde and Dissent; Explaining High Technology Project Failures in Britain and France (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521108263","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConcorde and Dissent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExplaining High Technology Project Failures in Britain and France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a study of the joint British and French construction of Concorde.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElliot J. Feldman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521108263, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a study of the joint British and French construction of Concorde, and their separate projects to build new international airports in London (the repeatedly abandoned third airport) and Paris (Charles de Gaulle). Conventional explanations of these projects, all of which can be seen as 'failures' in some sense, contrast French professional and rational planning expertise with the amateurishness of the British. Professor Feldman challenges such stereotypes, arguing instead that policy failures in the two countries can be explained in terms of political instability. His book is unique in developing such detailed, controlled case studies for the comparison of political systems, and offers new insights into public policy-making in Britain and France.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Compare or contrast? Britain, France and civil aviation\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Parisian white elephant\u003cbr\u003e 3. The imperial white elephant hunt\u003cbr\u003e 4. The albatross\u003cbr\u003e 5. Political instability and high technology\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Methodological appendix: comparative politics and case studies\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Shipping industries [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shipping industries\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shipping%20industries%20%5BKNGS%5D%22\"\u003eKNGS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006425452824,"sku":"9780521108263","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521108263i.jpg?v=1694976187","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/concorde-and-dissent-explaining-high-technology-project-failures-in-britain-and-france-paperback-9780521108263","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}