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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 under
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Edited by Per Lægreid · Lise H. Rykkja
New Security Challenges Series Editor George Christou University of Warwick UK ‘Among the many important contributions of this volume, two are absolutely essential for advancing our understanding of effective crisis management: the first is to illuminate how governance capacity and legitimacy productively interact; the second is to use cross-national comparative analysis to demonstrate the crucial influence of organizational arrangements and institutional context.’ —Christopher Ansell, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA ‘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
The last decade has demonstrated that threats to security vary greatly in their causes and manifestations and that they invite interest and demand responses from the social sciences, civil society, and a very broad policy community. In the past, the avoidance of war was the primary objective, but with the end of the Cold War the retention of military defence as the centrepiece of international security agenda became untenable. There has been, therefore, a significant shift in emphasis away from traditional approaches to security to a new agenda that talks of the softer side of security, in terms of human security, economic security, and environmental security. The topical New Security Challenges series reflects this pressing political and research agenda. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14732
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