Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions

by Lina M. Svedin

Book Overview

This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government.

Crises test the fabric of governing institutions. Threatening core societal values, they force elected officials and public servants to make consequential decisions under pressure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138822132
• ISBN13: 9781138822139
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"