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Bynander, Fredrik, DocentORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-5044-6495
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Bynander, F. (2022). Sweden’s Security Policy after Covid-19.. Prism, 9(4), 75-83
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sweden’s Security Policy after Covid-19.
2022 (English)In: Prism, ISSN 2157-0663, E-ISSN 2157-0671, Vol. 9, no 4, p. 75-83Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The pandemic has caused ruptures in how nations view their vulnerabilities and partnerships but also generated new thinking on national and regional security assets. Sweden became the global outlier early in the outbreak—pictured as unconcerned with the spread of the disease, indeed shooting for herd immunity according to some experts and pundits. This image, whether justified or not, came with a cost. Borders with the neighboring Nordics were closed for long periods, its standing in the European Union (EU) arena suffered, and the reputation of this self-proclaimed humanitarian powerhouse took a beating. The national dialogue, especially concerning security and international partnerships, has changed as a result of this “collective trauma.” As light at the end of the tunnel is appearing, new bearings are taken as to improving national readiness, strengthening security, and realignments needed to stay afloat in the trade war that has ensued in a parallel development. The pandemic was a catalyst of many things but perhaps the most lasting will be the need for strategic direction that has not been very pressing since the end of the Cold War. In Sweden that means a revitalized domestic conversation on which of a long list of national interests are truly important in this new era of global turbulence.

Keywords
Security, pandemic, covid-19
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-11875 (URN)
Available from: 2023-10-13 Created: 2023-10-13 Last updated: 2023-10-24Bibliographically approved
Bondesson, S., Bynander, F. & Hermansson, H. (2019). Att samverka i kris: vanliga människor i ovanliga situationer (1ed.). Lund: Nordic Academic Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att samverka i kris: vanliga människor i ovanliga situationer
2019 (Swedish)Book (Refereed)
Abstract [sv]

I Att samverka i kris möter vi människor som i akuta krissituationer ställs inför olika samarbetsproblem och dilemman. Deras historier berättas i skönlitterär form och illustrerar inlevelsefullt mellanmänskligt samspel i krislägen. Berättelserna levandegör de efterföljande analyserna och teoretiskt förankrade resonemangen där författarna kartlägger och belyser problematik och trångmål som uppstår under kritiska omständigheter.

Stoffet i skildringarna är empiriskt material från verkliga situationer som terrordåd och skogsbränder, och författarna har lagt sig vinn om att på ett pedagogiskt sätt visa på de utmaningar som kan uppstå vid samverkan i krissituationer. De analyserar händelseförloppen med hjälp av forskningsrön och beskriver också det svenska förvaltningssystemets betydelse för respektive krissituation. På så vis får läsaren även med sig kunskaper om det svenska krisberedskapssystemet. Boken lämpar sig för studenter, yrkesverksamma och andra med intresse för krishantering, krisberedskap och samverkan.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2019. p. 153 Edition: 1
Keywords
krishantering, krisberedskap, samverkan
National Category
Political Science Other Social Sciences Public Administration Studies
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan; Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8871 (URN)9789188909428 (ISBN)
Projects
Ledning och samverkan
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Available from: 2019-12-17 Created: 2019-12-17 Last updated: 2021-03-23Bibliographically approved
Bynander, F. (2019). Only trees burning?: The Mid-Sweden Forest Fire of 2014. In: Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H. (Ed.), Societal Security and Crisis Management: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy (pp. 115-132). Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Only trees burning?: The Mid-Sweden Forest Fire of 2014
2019 (English)In: Societal Security and Crisis Management: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy / [ed] Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H., Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, p. 115-132Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The major forest fire in the province of Västmanland, during August of 2014 was an unexpected incident. The environmental prerequisites for a firestorm type of development that is present in exempli gratia Greece, and California should not exist in the subarctic biotope that caught fire on July 31 at Seglingsberg in Sala municipality. The aim of this chapter, Swedish crisis management effort in response to a forest fire in central Sweden, in 2014. In order to do so, it probes a number of challenges that were posed to the crisis response system, such as situational awareness, formal responsibilities, coordination with local and national actors, information to the public and evacuation

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Series
New Security Challenges
Keywords
crisis governance
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7190 (URN)10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_6 (DOI)9783319923024 (ISBN)9783319923031 (ISBN)
Projects
Governing for Societal Resilience
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2012-4945
Note

Chapter e-published ahead of print 2018-07-26.

Available from: 2018-01-10 Created: 2018-01-10 Last updated: 2019-01-17Bibliographically approved
Koraeus, M. & Bynander, F. (2019). Suburban Eruption: The Management of Social Unrest in the Suburbs of Stockholm in 2011. In: Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H. (Ed.), Societal Security and Crisis Management: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy (pp. 169-186). Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Suburban Eruption: The Management of Social Unrest in the Suburbs of Stockholm in 2011
2019 (English)In: Societal Security and Crisis Management: Governance Capacity and Legitimacy / [ed] Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise H., Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, p. 169-186Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

During the evening of 19 May, the celebration of Sweden’s gold medal in the hockey World Championship took place in the centre of the city, while reports began coming in of an unusually large number of vehicles being set on fire in Husby. During the night, additional vehicles, and even a school and a garage, were set ablaze. Police and rescue personnel were attacked when they arrived on the scene, adding to the event an unusual component in that the police also had to protect the rescue workers on site. The riots in Husby that spread across the Stockholm suburbs lasted for two weeks, although there was nothing to indicate early on that it would last this long, and what crisis management needs would arise.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Series
New Security Challenges
Keywords
crisis governance
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7189 (URN)10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_9 (DOI)9783319923024 (ISBN)9783319923031 (ISBN)
Projects
Govcap
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2012-4945
Note

Chapter e-published ahead of print 2018-07-26.

Available from: 2018-01-10 Created: 2018-01-10 Last updated: 2019-01-17Bibliographically approved
Nohrstedt, D., Bynander, F., Parker, C. F. & 't Hart, P. (2018). Managing Crises Collaboratively: Prospects and Problems - A Systematic Literature Review. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 1(4), 257-271
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Managing Crises Collaboratively: Prospects and Problems - A Systematic Literature Review
2018 (English)In: Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, ISSN 2398-4910, Vol. 1, no 4, p. 257-271Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Effective interorganizational collaboration is a pivotal ingredient of any community or nation’s capacity to prepare for and bounce back from disruptive crisis events. The booming research field of collaborative public management (CPM) has been yielding important insights into such collaboration that as yet await transfer to the study of crisis management (CM). Also, we argue that the general CPM literature has not sufficiently addressed the distinctive collaboration challenges involved in coping with crises. This article bridges this twofold gap. Based on a systematic review of prior research in collaborative CM, this study identifies dominant areas of theoretical emphasis, methodological practices, and patterns of empirical enquiry. The article highlights areas where CPM research has potential to further inform the understanding of collaborative CM, including performance, success factors, managerial skills, and learning. The article then identifies five properties associated with CM—uncertainty, leadership, magnitude, costs, and urgency—which deserve further analysis to advance the understanding of the application of CPM principles and strategies. We conclude with outlining a research agenda and offering a set of testable propositions aimed at investigating the likelihood of effective collaboration in different types of crises and as expected indifferent CM paradigms.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
Keywords
collaborative governance, crisis management
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7188 (URN)10.1093/ppmgov/gvx018 (DOI)
Projects
Governing for Societal Security
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, 2012-4945
Available from: 2018-01-10 Created: 2018-01-10 Last updated: 2021-09-06Bibliographically approved
Bynander, F. (2017). Crisis Decision Making and Management (1ed.). In: Moghaddam, Fathali M. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior: . London: Sage Publications
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Crisis Decision Making and Management
2017 (English)In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior / [ed] Moghaddam, Fathali M., London: Sage Publications, 2017, 1Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Crisis management studies is a research area that analyzes how public and private actors respond to events that threaten individuals and society. There are many organizational and societal processes that enter this empirical space, and several social science disciplines have contributed to the development of this research area, such as sociology, political science, psychology, public administration, and international relations. A core question when studying the management of crises will always be: What characterizes high-stakes decisions made under pressing circumstances? When starting to answer this question, we need an understanding of both psychological and institutional forces that surround the situation in order to see the individual decision maker in context.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Sage Publications, 2017 Edition: 1
Keywords
crisis management
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7053 (URN)10.4135/9781483391144.n73 (DOI)9781483391168 (ISBN)9781483391144 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Available from: 2017-09-26 Created: 2017-09-26 Last updated: 2021-06-17Bibliographically approved
Bynander, F. & 't Hart, P. (2017). Leadership Succession in Politics and Business: Converging Logics? (1ed.). In: John Storey, Jean Hartley, Jean-Louis Denis, Paul 't Hart, David Ulrich (Ed.), Routledge Companion to Leadership: (pp. 157-172). London: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Leadership Succession in Politics and Business: Converging Logics?
2017 (English)In: Routledge Companion to Leadership / [ed] John Storey, Jean Hartley, Jean-Louis Denis, Paul 't Hart, David Ulrich, London: Routledge, 2017, 1, p. 157-172Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
London: Routledge, 2017 Edition: 1
Series
Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6086 (URN)9781138825574 (ISBN)9781315739854 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-04-15 Created: 2016-04-15 Last updated: 2019-01-07Bibliographically approved
Daléus, P. & Bynander, F. (2017). Swedish Coalition Governments and the Quest for Re-election (1ed.). In: Bennister, Mark, ’t Hart, Paul, Worthy, Ben (Ed.), The Politics of Leadership Index: A New Perspective on Political Leadership. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Swedish Coalition Governments and the Quest for Re-election
2017 (English)In: The Politics of Leadership Index: A New Perspective on Political Leadership / [ed] Bennister, Mark, ’t Hart, Paul, Worthy, Ben, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, 1Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017 Edition: 1
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6085 (URN)9780198783848 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Available from: 2016-04-15 Created: 2016-04-15 Last updated: 2017-06-20Bibliographically approved
Becker, P. & Bynander, F. (2017). The System for Crisis Management in Sweden: Collaborative, Conformist, Contradictory (1ed.). In: Madu, Christian N.; Kuei, Chu Hua (Ed.), Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: (pp. 69-95). World Scientific
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The System for Crisis Management in Sweden: Collaborative, Conformist, Contradictory
2017 (English)In: Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management / [ed] Madu, Christian N.; Kuei, Chu Hua, World Scientific, 2017, 1, p. 69-95Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter introduces the system for crisis management in Sweden. Over the last century, Sweden has gone from being a poor European backwater to being among the countries with the highest human development in the world. The droughts and harsh winters that killed thousands and drove numerous Swedes to emigrate in the past are mere distractions today and the contemporary system for crisis management is designed to deal with a broader variety of crises than the ones triggered by natural hazards. The system is based on the principles of responsibility, parity and proximity, and distributes sector and area responsibility for crisis management to numerous actors. It is built to a great extent on collaboration between these actors, which is challenging but working relatively well in the cultural context of consensus-seeking and compliance to official guidelines and accepted rules of engagement. However, the system is in itself ambiguous in the sense of distributing responsibility to all kinds of actors and then focusing almost exclusively on public actors in legislation, guidelines and practice. There is also often a gap between policy and practice concerning how area responsibility is exercised, and a lack of clarity in current sector specific legislation

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
World Scientific, 2017 Edition: 1
Keywords
Sweden, crisis, crisis management, coordination, collaboration, social capital, trust, responsibility, parity, proximity
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6087 (URN)10.1142/9789813207950_0004 (DOI)9789813207943 (ISBN)9789813207967 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Available from: 2016-04-15 Created: 2016-04-15 Last updated: 2021-03-23Bibliographically approved
Bynander, F. (2016). Krisledning som säkerhetspolitik och myndighetsutövning. In: Ahlgren, Patrik, Engelbrekt, Kjell, Wedin, Lars (Ed.), Uppdragstaktik på svenska: en vän- och debattbok tillägnad överste Jan Mörtberg (pp. 115-131). Stockholm: Försvarshögskolan (FHS)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Krisledning som säkerhetspolitik och myndighetsutövning
2016 (Swedish)In: Uppdragstaktik på svenska: en vän- och debattbok tillägnad överste Jan Mörtberg / [ed] Ahlgren, Patrik, Engelbrekt, Kjell, Wedin, Lars, Stockholm: Försvarshögskolan (FHS), 2016, p. 115-131Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Försvarshögskolan (FHS), 2016
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6089 (URN)978-91-980878-7-1 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Note

Utgiven av Försvarshögskolan och Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien

Available from: 2016-04-15 Created: 2016-04-15 Last updated: 2017-01-04Bibliographically approved
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