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Governance Capacity and Legitimacy Revisited

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Societal Security and Crisis Management

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In this book, we have argued for the need to address both governance capacity and governance legitimacy in order to understand crisis management. The closing chapter summarizes and discusses the main findings, and outlines lessons learned and topics for further research.

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Lægreid, P., Rykkja, L.H. (2019). Governance Capacity and Legitimacy Revisited. In: Lægreid, P., Rykkja, L.H. (eds) Societal Security and Crisis Management. New Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92303-1_18

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