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This open access book explores a special species of trouble afflicting modern societies: creeping crises. These crises evolve over time, reveal themselves in different ways, and resist comprehensive responses despite periodic public attention. As a result, these crises continue to creep in front of our eyes. This book begins by defining the concept of a creeping crisis, showing how existing literature fails to properly define and explore this phenomenon and outlining the challenges such crises pose to practitioners. Drawing on ongoing research, this book presents a diverse set of case studies on: antimicrobial resistance, climate change-induced migration, energy extraction, big data, Covid-19, migration, foreign fighters, and cyberattacks. Each chapter explores how creeping crises come into existence, why they can develop unimpeded, and the consequences they bring in terms of damage and legitimacy loss. The book provides a proof-of-concept to help launch the systematic study of creeping crises. Our analysis helps academics understand a new species of threat and practitioners recognize and prepare for creeping crises.

1. Understanding and acting upon a creeping crisis -- 2. Antimicrobial resistance as a creeping crisis -- 3. WannaCry as a creeping crisis -- 4. Remaining foreign fighters: fear, misconceptions and counterproductive responses -- 5. Big Data as a creeping crisis -- 6. Migration, borders and society -- 7. From creeping to full-blown crisis: lessons from the Dutch and Swedish responses to Covid-19 -- 8. Political attention in a creeping crisis: the case of climate change and migration -- 9. Earthquakes in Groningen: organized suppression of a creeping crisis -- 10. Understanding creeping crises: revisiting the puzzle.

1. The early evolution of the special economic zone in the Kaliningrad Oblast / Timur Gareev -- 2. The Cepruss pulp and paper mill : complex crisis management / Eugene Krasnov -- 3. Child welfare in the Kaliningrad region : production of a creeping crisis / Anna Karpenko -- 4. Building a mosque in Kaliningrad / Anna Karpenko -- 5. The Curonian spit : systemic crisis of a national park / Elena Novova and Artem Shibin.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Translations -- Maps of the Baltic Sea Region and Kaliningrad Oblast -- Introduction: Kaliningrad: Managing Evolving Crisis Challenges -- 1 The Early Evolution of the Special Economic Zone in Kaliningrad Oblast -- 2 The Cepruss Pulp and Paper Mill: Complex Crisis Management -- 3 Child Welfare in the Kaliningrad Region: Production of a Creeping Crisis -- 4 Building a Mosque in Kaliningrad -- 5 The Curonian Spit: Systemic Crisis of a National Park -- Conclusion -- Annex -- Index.

Environmental degradation in the Aral Sea basin has been a touchstone for increasing public awareness of environmental issues. The Aral crisis has been touted as a 'quiet Chernobyl' and as one of the worst human-made environmental catastrophes of the twentieth century. This multidisciplinary 1999 book comprehensively describes the slow onset of low grade but incremental changes (i.e. creeping environmental change) which affected the region and its peoples. Through a set of case studies, it describes how the region's decision-makers allowed these changes to grow into an environmental and societal nightmare. It outlines many lessons to be learned for other areas undergoing detrimental creeping environmental change, and provides an important example of how to approach such disasters for students and researchers of environmental studies, global change, political science and history

Crises as a focal point of socio-economic problems -- Conjunctures of the welfare state crisis: the cracks are deepening -- The silent transformation to the transfer and investment state -- From "muddling through" to policy change: obstacles and success factors -- Risks of continuing the status quo without a change of strategy -- Conclusion and outlook: Universalist welfare state as an emancipatory guiding model.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 Global and Regional Issues -- 1 External Debt of Developing Countries in Late 1983 -- 2 The World Crisis and the Outlook for Latin America -- 3 The International Scene and the Latin American External Debt -- 4 External Debt Problems of Latin America -- 5 Coping with the Creeping Crisis of Debt -- 6 Latin American Debt: Act Two -- 7 Capital Market Financing to Developing Countries -- 8 The World Monetary System, the International Business Cycle, and the External Debt Crisis -- Part 2 Case Studies -- 9 Argentina's Foreign Debt: Its Origin and Consequences -- 10 Rescheduling Brazil's Foreign Debt: Recent Developments and Prospects -- 11 The Mexican External Debt: The Last Decade -- 12 The Renegotiation of Venezuela's Foreign Debt During 1982 and 1983 -- 13 The External Debt, Financial Liberalization, and Crisis in Chile -- 14 Peru and Its Private Bankers: Scenes from an Unhappy Marriage -- 15 The Role of External Debt Problems in Central America -- 16 Where Do We Go from Here? -- List of Acronyms -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Book and Editor.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Housing Crisis -- Homeownership -- 'Rabbit Hutches' -- Homelessness -- Economic Determinism -- But Is There a Housing Crisis? -- House Prices and Consumer Spending -- The Politics of Housing Wealth -- Renting: Not Such a Bad Thing? -- A Supply Dearth? -- Whose Crisis? -- Privatisation and Commodification -- Social Justice -- John Rawls -- Justice as Historical -- Marxist Theory -- Housing Crises -- Age -- Class -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Location -- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Tenure -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Slow-Burning Fuses -- Building Industry Capacity -- Private Landlordism -- Private Landlords and Slums -- 'Creeping' Decontrol -- Housing Financialisation -- Competition -- The Demise of Council Housing -- Rise -- Fall -- Housing Associations -- 'Entrepreneurial' Housing Associations -- The Decline in Social Housing Supply -- Stigmatising 'Social' Housing -- Investment in the Existing Housing Stock -- Demographic Change -- Planning -- Sharp, Middle-Class Elbows -- 'Middle England' -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Housing Crises -- Owner-Occupation: Acquiring -- Managing -- Using and Transferring -- Acquiring -- Managing: Staying on and Climbing the Ladder -- Using and Transferring -- Variations in Old Age -- Class -- Homeownership and Class -- Private Renting -- Social Renters -- Housing and Inequality -- Housing Wealth and Class -- Land -- Land Ownership -- Gender -- Younger Single Women (Without Children) -- Single Parents -- Older Women -- Ethnic Minorities -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Location, Location, Location -- Globalisation -- Securitisation -- Real Estate Speculation and the Super Rich -- United Kingdom Devolution -- Scotland -- The Scottish National Party (SNP) -- Scotland's 'Housing Crisis'? -- Wales.

Introduction -- The Before Times -- The Months Markets Melted -- One Nation Under Banks -- The Fed's Second Act -- The Temple is Under New Management -- A Polarized Fed -- March Madness -- A Corporate House of Cards -- The Day the Fed Changed -- Racing Across Red Lines -- Culture Wars and Capital -- Love Songs to Full Employment -- A Fed Restrained -- The Creeping Crises -- A Year of Uncomfortable Questions -- Epilogue.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Understanding Crisis-Induced Policy Changes in China -- Crisis and Policy Change -- The Core Role of Policy Elites in China -- How Did Policy Elites Exploit Three Mega-Crises in China? -- What Will Be Learned from This Book? -- Structure of This Book -- References -- 2 Toward Understanding Crisis Exploitation in China -- Introduction -- Exploring the Role of Policy Elites in Crisis Exploitation Theory -- The Importance of Perception -- Framing Strategies by Policy Elites in China? -- Strategies of Framing by Policy Elites During Crises -- The First Framing Point: Significance-How Bad Is the Situation? -- The Second Framing Point: Causality and Responsibility-Why Did This Occur, and Who Is to Be Held Responsible? -- The Third Framing Point: Proposed Solutions-What Should Be Done to Avoid the Reoccurrence of a Similar Tragedy? -- Exploring Factors that Influence the Strategy Choices of Policy Elites -- Situational Factors and Policy Elites' Propensities -- Temporal Factors and Policy Elites' Propensities -- Summary -- References -- 3 Three Cases and Qualitative Thematic Analysis -- Three Mega-Crises from 2002 to 2012 -- Definition and Data of Policy Elites -- References -- 4 SARS Pandemic Crisis as a "Window of Opportunity" -- Crisis Response to the Creeping SARS Virus -- Black Box Phase: From Secret to Public -- National Campaign Phase -- From Crisis Response to Crisis Exploitation -- Significance of the SARS Epidemic: From Denial to Acknowledgment -- Exogenous Causality and Endogenous Responsibility Claims -- Change-Oriented Policy Exploitation -- Toward a Positive Crisis Exploitation Strategy -- Major Policy Changes During and After the SARS Crisis -- New Paradigm: Scientific Outlook on Development -- Health Policy Reforms.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 The Eurozone Crisis and Other Policy Challenges in the EU -- PART II: THE EUROZONE CRISIS -- 2 Eurozone: Creeping Decay, Sudden Death or Magical Solution? -- 3 the eurozone crisis and the fiscal treaty: implications for the social dimension and democracy -- 4 britain and monetary union -- PART III: OTHER POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES -- 5 the common agricultural policy: the right path versus blind alleys -- 6 new challenges for eu trade policy-making: why is the eu pursuing a comprehensive economic and trade agreement with canada? -- PART IV: DEEPENING, WIDENING OR MULTISPEED INTEGRATION? -- 7 Direct Democracy: Remedying the Democratic Deficit? -- 8 Europe After the Greek Default: Widening, Deepening, or Splitting? -- 9 Chronic Anxiety: Schengen and the Fear of Enlargement -- 10 Crossroads of Integration? The Future of Schengen in the Wake of the Arab Spring -- PART V: CONCLUDING CHAPTER -- 11 Equilibrium, Further Deepening or More 'Variable Geometry': Reflections on the Future of European Integration -- Index.

The recent economic crisis was not just caused by a failure of regulation or economic policy; it was a story of the failure of management in a fundamental sense--a deeply flawed approach to management that encouraged bankers to pursue opportunities without regard for their long-term consequences, and to put their own interests ahead of those of their employers and their shareholders. And looking more widely, there is a creeping disenchantment with management as a profession: surveys show that managers generate less respect than lawyers and bankers in the eyes of the general public, and there ar.

PART I. 1. Patterns : the Maghrib in context --- 2. Urbanization in North Africa --- 3. The origins of Sale and Rabat: false and true beginnings --- 4. A city among cities ---- PART II. 5. Creeping colonialism --- 6. Rabat circa 1900: the pearl of Morocco --- 7. The origins of urban apartheid --- 8. Building the colonial edifice -- 9. All done according to the law --- 10. The failure of planning --- 11. Concretizing the caste city ---- PART III. 12. The crisis of decolonization --- 13. Rabat from caste to class --- 14. The factorial ecology of Rabat-Sale: methods and statistical results --- 15. The spatial organization of Rabat-Sale in 1971 --- 16. Planning the future.

European Employment Models in Flux: Pressures for Change and Prospects for Survival and Revitalisation-- G.Bosch, S.Lehndorff & J.Rubery Revisiting the UK Model: From Basket Case to Success Story?-- J.Rubery, D.Grimshaw, R.Donnelly & P.Urwin The Swedish Model: Revival after the Turbulent 1990s?-- D.Anxo & H.Niklasson From the 'Sick Man' to the 'Overhauled Engine' of Europe? Upheaval in the German Model-- S.Lehndorff, Ge.Bosch, T.Haipeter & E.Latniak Institutional Continuity Masking a Creeping Paradigm Shift in the Austrian Social Model?-- C.Hermann & J.Flecker Crisis of the Post-transition Hungarian Model-- L.Neumann & A.Toth Capitalizing on Variety: Risks and Opportunities in a New French Social Model-- I.Berrebi-Hoffmann, F.Jany-Catrice, M.Lallement & T.Ribault Continuity and Change in the Italian Model-- A.Simonazzi, P.Villa, F.Lucidi & P.Naticchioni From a State-led Familistic to a Liberal Partly De-familialized Capitalism: The Difficult Transition of the Greek Model-- M.Karamessini The Transformation of the Employment System in Spain: Towards a Mediterranean Neoliberalism?-- J.Banyuls, F.Miguelez, A.Recio, E.Cano & R.Lorente

The Role of the State and Industrial Relations', using a comparative approach (the European Union, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, the United States, Brazil, South Africa and India), reconstructs the general framework of global industrial relations considering challenges and future prospects and proposing a new agenda for the state. The new era of industrial relations that has been stealthily changing the world of work in recent decades seems to have reached a stage where it can be systematically monitored and analyzed, in great part because the "creeping renationalization" that has been noted since the financial crisis of 2008 has reinvigorated state intervention in essential economic structures. In the globalized word, with the internationalization of the economy and increasing competitive pressures, industrial relations are developing in new directions. The contributions in this book provide important new perspectives on the many challenges inherent in the present and future of the relationship between industrial relations and the state