Overview
- Provides new and unique insight on government capacity for crisis management, including case studies from five European countries
- Presents new academic research from a cross-disciplinary team of researchers in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom
- Includes case studies on different types of crises, including flood management, forest fires, the refugee crisis and central government organization for dealing with terrorism and crises
- Offers insight on attitudes towards national states counterterrorist activity and democracy by analyzing large-scale citizen surveys
Part of the book series: New Security Challenges (NSECH)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Governance Capacity: Mapping the Administrative Arrangements
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Crisis Management and Governance Capacity: Case Studies
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Crisis Management and Governance Legitimacy
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Keywords
- security studies
- crisis management
- governance capacity
- governance legitmacy
- International Relations
- public policy
- societal security
- United Kingdom
- Norway
- Sweden
- the Netherlands
- Germany
- terrorist attacks
- refugee crises
- natural disasters
- political science
- public administration
- public management
- organizational studies
- internal security authorities
About this book
This book studies governance capacity and governance legitimacy for societal security and crisis management. It highlights the importance of building organizational capacity by focusing on the coordination of public resources and underscores the relevance of legitimacy by emphasizing the importance of public perceptions, attitudes, and trust vis-à-vis government arrangements for crisis management. The authors explore several cases and identify relevant dimensions concerning performance, capacity and legitimacy across different countries. It is an ideal volume for audiences interested in public administration, public policy, crisis management and security studies.
Reviews
“This important book on societal security and crisis management adds value to the growing literature in this field. The contributors not only study elements of governance capacity but also the less often examined dimension of governance legitimacy. The comparative approach covers five European countries and includes fourteen in-depth case studies authored by prominent scholars in the field. Academics and advanced students as well as practitioners of public sector crisis management would benefit from reading this volume.” (Bengt Sundelius, Professor, Swedish Defence University, Sweden)
“Whether triggered by nature, accidents or conflict and intent, crises challenge the capacity of governments to deliver effective and coordinated responses to what are often tense, fluid and uncertain circumstances that defy geographic and jurisdictional boundaries. More often than not, their very occurrence also challenges the legitimacy of governments, who are after all supposed to prevent unsettling, disruptive and dangerous events from happening. This timely book draws on cross-national data and topical case studies of crisis management response systems to show that governments at all levels have much learning and adaptation ahead of them if they want to become more astute and authoritative crisis managers than they have recently proved to be. A major accomplishment and a must-read for crisis management practitioners, scholars and students alike.” (Paul 't Hart, Professor, Utrecht University and Netherlands School of Public Administration, Netherlands)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Per Lægreid is Professor at the Department for Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway.
Lise H. Rykkja is Associate Professor at the Department for Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway, and Research Professor at Uni Research Rokkan Centre, Norway.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Societal Security and Crisis Management
Book Subtitle: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy
Editors: Per Lægreid, Lise H. Rykkja
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92302-4Published: 13 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06401-3Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92303-1Published: 25 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 397
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Governance and Government, International Security Studies, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, European Politics