Новая книга проанализировала эффективность управления кризисами в пяти скандинавских странах во время пандемии

Overview Editors: Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir 0, Baldur Thorhallsson   ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6332-8500 1 Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir Department of Social Science, Bifröst University, Reykjavik, Iceland Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Baldur Thorhallsson Faculty of Political Science and Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Provides the first comparative analysis of how state size influenced responses to Covid-19 in all five Nordic states Highlights the strengths and limitations of internal governance in small states with regards to crisis management Bridges theoretical gaps between crisis studies and small-state literature Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM) 154 Accesses This is a preview of subscription content, to check access. Access this book eBook USD 129.00 Price excludes VAT (USA) Hardcover Book USD 169.99 Price excludes VAT (USA) Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout Other ways to access About this book This book provides the first comparative analysis of how state size and administrative scale influenced responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across the five Nordic states and two territories. It produces valuable insight into how state size, polity and structural arrangements, and culture influenced the management of the crisis in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. In an era of recurring global crises, the book offers critical lessons for policymakers, crisis leaders, and public administration scholars. Table of contents (11 chapters) Front Matter Pages i-xiii Nordic Crisis Management in the COVID-19 Pandemic Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Baldur Thorhallsson Pages 1-22 Theoretical Framework: Methods and Data Sources Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Baldur Thorhallsson Pages 23-49 Denmark and COVID-19: Pulling the Strings in Centralised and Rapid Decision-Making Karsten Vrangbæk Pages 51-73 The Faroe Islands and COVID-19: A Non - coercive Approach to Pandemic Governance Rógvi Olavson Pages 75-99 Finland and COVID-19: Siloed Governance in a Shared Crisis Eero Palmujoki, Nina Hokkala Pages 101-127 Greenland and COVID-19: Small Resources, Delayed Transmission, and Trust Maria Ackrén Pages 129-147 Iceland and COVID-19: Unusual Expertise-Driven Centralisation Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Baldur Thorhallsson, Vífill Harðarson Pages 149-178 Norway and COVID-19: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy Per Lægreid, Alexander Trengereid Pages 179-209 Sweden and COVID-19: A Large Yet Small Outlier Mats Koraeus Pages 211-234 Comparing COVID-19 Crisis Management Across the Nordic Societies Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Per Lægreid, Baldur Thorhallsson Pages 235-270 The Nordic Way and Future Perspectives in Nordic Crisis Management Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Baldur Thorhallsson, Karsten Vrangbæk Pages 271-297 Reviews “This masterpiece, decades in the making, is delivered just in time. There is much to learn here about how trust and accountability go hand in hand and how the systems put in place are shaped by values, culture, and the people in them.” (Lina Svedin, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama) “It is a certainty that there will be another system-quake triggered by a health, or cyber, or natural disaster. This book provides a GPS (Governance Positioning System) to handle the next systemic turbulence. Based on a comparison of how Nordic countries and territories handled the COVID-19-crisis, a GPS was developed looking at risk reduction, decision-making, leadership, communication, and learning within a framework of capacity, structures and polity features, and culture. This book should be on each ‘preparedness’-shelf since we can learn from Nordic experiences. Their COVID-19-lessons-learned allow to anticipate how to ensure a trust-driven resilient response to the next system-quake.” (Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute) “This edited volume shows how, despite the commonalities of the Nordic model, the COVID19 crisis was managed in different ways in the seven Nordic countries and territories. That makes this book a relevant academic contribution to the literature on crisis management and governance traditions. But it also has interesting methodological aspects, as it shows how a natural experiment - the spread of COVID across the globe - works out in a most similar systems design, revealing key variables that played a role in achieving different outcomes. That makes it an interesting read for academics from all disciplines.” (Sandra van Thiel, Professor of Public Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam) “There is no better time to test the practice of governance than under crisis conditions. Hence the usefulness and timeliness of this collection, focussed on how five, small, Nordic countries and two territories 'managed' the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-22. A pesky virus tested administrative rigour, popular culture and civic trust in government. Read on, and prepare for the next crisis!” (Godfrey Baldacchino, Professor of Sociology, University of  Malta, Executive Editor, Small States & Territories journal) “In a world of recurring crises, we need to know more about how state size, polity, structural arrangements, and culture influence crisis management. This book is an important step towards a better understanding of both crises and how to management them. It will be of interest to students of Nordic politics, small states and crisis management more generally.” (Anders Wivel, Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen) Editors and Affiliations Department of Social Science, Bifröst University, Reykjavik, Iceland Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir Faculty of Political Science and Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Baldur Thorhallsson About the editors Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdottir is Professor of Crisis Management at Bifröst University, Iceland. Baldur Thorhallsson is Professor of Political Science at University of Iceland, Iceland. Accessibility Information This PDF has been created in accordance with the PDF/UA-1 standard to enhance accessibility. It includes screen reader support, descriptions for Non-text content (such as images and graphs), bookmarks for easy navigation, keyboard-friendly links and forms, and searchable, selectable text. 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If you have a question or an access need, please get in touch with us via https://www.springernature.com/gp/info/accessibility Bibliographic Information Book Title: Nordic Crisis Management Book Subtitle: Well-Performing Governance During COVID-19 Editors: Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdóttir, Baldur Thorhallsson Series Title: Governance and Public Management DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-27658-2 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 license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026 Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-032-27657-5 Published: 09 September 2026 Softcover ISBN: 978-3-032-27660-5 Due: 23 September 2027 eBook ISBN: 978-3-032-27658-2 Published: 08 September 2026 Series ISSN: 2524-728X Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298 Edition Number: 1 Number of Pages: XIII, 297 Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations Topics: Public Administration, Governance and Government, Public Policy, European Politics Keywords crisis management Nordic states Covid-19 small states public leadership Publish with us