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_aCrisis management, governance and COVID-19 : _bpandemic policy and local government in the Nordic Countries / _cedited by Are Vegard Haug. |
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_aNorthampton : _bEdward Elgar Publishing, _c2024. |
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| 300 | _a272 p. | ||
| 505 | _aPreface xvi Acknowledgments xvii List of abbreviations xviii PART I INTRODUCTION, HEALTH CONSEQUENCES AND LEGAL POLICY 1 COVID pandemic and the Nordic model of local governance – high stakes, high risks 3 Are Vegard Haug and Harald Baldersheim 2 How severe was the COVID-19 pandemic in the Nordic countries? 17 Kristian Heggebø and Axel West Pedersen 3 Legal framework and rule of law 28 Iris Nguyên Duy and Sigrid Stokstad PART II NATIONAL POLICY CHOICES 4 Denmark – centralised crisis management and loyal implementation 52 Søren Kjær Foged and Kurt Houlberg 5 Iceland: COVID-19 handling strategy in Iceland: centralised and expert-led 60 Grétar Thór Eythórsson 6 Sweden: relaxed crisis management 68 Fredrik Garcia, Erik Järnland, Johan Nordensvärd, Carl-Johan Sommar and Elin Wihlborg 7 Finland: prepared yes, but sufficiently agile? 77 Sebastian Godenhjelm 8 Norway: decentralised crisis management 86 Harald Baldersheim, Are Vegard Haug, Linda Hye, and Morten Øgård 9 The Faroese COVID-19 response: testing and soft law 97 Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen and Rógvi Olavson 10 Greenland 105 Maria Ackrén 11 The Åland Islands 113 Maria Ackrén PART III LOCAL DEMOCRACY 12 The chain of municipal governance in crisis 122 Sebastian Godenhjelm and Maria Ackrén 13 The communicative climate: municipal leaders’ experiences 132 Johan Nordensvärd Carl-Johan Sommar and Elin Wihlborg 14 Civil society: a resource for local crisis governance? 142 Are Vegard Haug, Johan Nordensvärd and Elin Wihlborg 15 Multi-level governance: a helping hand from the state, or centralisation of crisis responses? 153 Harald Baldersheim and Are Vegard Haug PART IV CRISIS MANAGEMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL 16 Who contributed and to what extent? 166 Kurt Houlberg and Søren Kjær Foged 17 Leadership at the apex in times of crises: Who is running the show? 178 Linda Hye and Morten Øgård 18 Keep a distance – go online! Digitalisation for crisis responses and its lasting consequences 189 Elin Wihlborg, Fredrik Garcia and Are Vegard Haug 19 Modes of local crisis management: is there a Nordic model? 198 Linda Hye and Morten Øgård PART V THE CITIZENS’ ‘JUDGEMENT’ 20 How (un)reasonable were the pandemic measures according to citizens? 209 Are Vegard Haug, Harald Baldersheim and Therese Sefton 21 Citizen trust in local government in the Nordic Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic 219 Harald Baldersheim, Are Vegard Haug, Grétar Thór Eythórsson 22 Conclusions and implications 234 Are Vegard Haug and Harald Baldersheim | ||
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_a"This topical book presents a bottom-up perspective on the crisis management, policies, organisation and functioning of democracy across five Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a four-year comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, it considers the divergent local and regional management strategies employed as the crisis unfolded. Chapters consider how the pandemic jeopardised the Nordic countries' high levels of decentralisation and citizen trust in government institutions, and the devolution of functions to local government. They explore the severe and restrictive measures employed to control the spread of the virus, and whether these evolving regimes respected civil rights and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. Brought together under the overarching perspective of institutional polycentrism, the book draws on a variety of theoretical strands, including theories of multi-level governance, crisis management, and organisational dependency. With empirical data, population and leader surveys and country case-studies, it presents the experiences of Nordic citizens and examines whether their trust in government was sustained or eroded. International in scope, this book is invaluable for students and scholars of regulation and governance, public administration, public health policy, and comparative politics. Its examinations of regulatory and legal frameworks will also prove useful for policy advisors working in public health and crisis management"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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