Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy

In the present article, practices of inclusion of different types of volunteers in the response to a large-scale forest fire in Sweden are studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with th ...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1468-5973.12228

At the external boundary of a disaster response operation: The dynamics of volunteer inclusion

The aim of this paper is to investigate the changing relations between individuals and public authorities within the Swedish crisis management system from 1995 to 2017. After the end of the Cold Wa...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19460171.2018.1530604

Responsibilization in contemporary Swedish crisis management : expanding ‘bare life’ biopolitics through exceptionalism and neoliberal governmentality

Division of labor and trade have been prerequisites for the development of welfare societies. Ironically, this specialization has caused a fragmentation of the knowledge necessary to understand risks that may undermine societal safety. This has not only prompted a need for inter-organizational exchange and integration of disaster risk information, it has also prompted a need for understanding how it ought to be done.Using Sweden as a study case, this thesis explores what aggregation of disaster risk information from multiple organizations entails in terms of activities, the challenges involved, and means to address them. Specifically, it focuses on public authorities and their quest to understand and cater for societal safety by assembling, synthesizing, and disseminating disaster risk information, as well as providing feedback on information received from others. Inspired by critical realism and design science, the studies are based on multiple methodologies and sources, involving literature reviews, content analyses, and experiments, as well as extensive interaction (through workshops and interviews) with disaster management professionals. The outcomes include a suggested definition for aggregation in the context of disaster risk management systems, and the identification of the causes and effects of a number of challenges related to its realization. However, the thesis also contains proposals that are likely to facilitate the aggregation of disaster risk information and, hence, the chance to make sound decisions in support of societal safety.

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Indivisible Wholes & Fragmented Realities: On the Aggregation of Disaster Risk Information

It is well recognized that contemporary crisis call for collaborative efforts across both organizational and jurisdictional boundaries. One of the key challenges for governments and public authorit ...

Meta‐Governance and Collaborative Crisis Management—Competing Rationalities in the Management of the Swedish Security Communications System

Skogbranden i Vastmanland 2014 ar ur flera aspekter intressant och viktig att dra lardomar fran. Handelsen ledde till en omfattade insats – den storsta i Sverige i modern tid och innebar att svensk ...

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Bara skog som brinner? : Utvärdering av krishanteringen under skogsbranden i Västmanland 2014

Denna rapport beskriver utvecklingen av totalforsvaret och framvaxten av omradet samhallsskydd och beredskap. Den ska ge en overgripande bild av hur det ser ut idag pa lokal, regional och nationell ...

Jenny Deschamps-Berger

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Bara skog som brinner? : Utvärdering av krishanteringen under skogsbranden i Västmanland 2014

Förutsättningar för krisberedskap och totalförsvar i Sverige