
Topic
Crisis Management in Government: How Governments Handle Crises Behind Closed Doors
Emergency committees, continuity plans and briefing books: the machinery that runs when normal government stops working.

Emergency committees, continuity plans and briefing books: the machinery that runs when normal government stops working.

The phrase sounds ceremonial. In practice it marks the line between a government's public business and everything else a state does.

The chancellery on the corner is a reporting post, a trade office and an emergency room for citizens, all at once.