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- Brändström, Annika, 1974-, et al.
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Governing by Looking Back : Historical analogies and crisis management
- 2008
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In: Crisis Management. - London : Sage. - 9781847870889
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This article offers a conceptual framework that broadens and enhances our understanding of the role of ‘history’ in contemporary governance and the attempts by policy-makers to ‘manage’ critical issues. Building upon the literature on historical analogies in policy-making, we distinguish three dimensions that clarify how the past may emerge in and affect the current deliberations, choices and rhetoric of policy-makers. We apply this in a comparative examination of two cases of crisis management where historical analogies played an important part: the Swedish response to (alleged) submarine intrusions in 1982, and the European Union sanctions against Austria in 1999. We induce from the case comparison new concepts and hypotheses for understanding the role of historical analogies in public policy-making and crisis management.
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- Bynander, Fredrik, 1970-
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Poland and the Czech Republic : New Members Torn Between the EU and NATO
- 2006
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In: Changing Transatlantic Security Relations. - London : Routledge. - 9780415391160 ; , s. 63-83
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- What makes some European transitional states assume the role as “trusted allies” to the United States in the war against terrorism in general and the Iraq war in particular, in sharp contrast to the Franco-German axis that vehemently oppose recent US policy in the Middle-east? Why was not Europe coupled tighter as a political entity than to allow the disarray that followed the US and UK initiatives regarding Iraq that seriously damaged the cohesion of NATO and the EU’s Common foreign and security policy? In order to begin answer those questions, this study will investigate the basic principles and policy ideas underlying the foreign policy of two increasingly central, yet surprisingly overlooked, actors in modern European politics – Poland and the Czech Republic.
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- Bynander, Fredrik, 1970-, et al.
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The art of handing over : (mis)managing party leadership successions
- 2008
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In: Government and Opposition. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 0017-257X .- 1477-7053. ; 43:3, s. 385-404
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Successful attempts by leaders of democratic political parties to hand over their position at a time and to a heir of their own choosing are quite rare. In this paper we examine how and why this might be the case. After placing the issue of managed transition in the broader literature on party leadership succession, we develop a conceptual framework for understanding succession processes and the strategic choices therein faced by both incumbent leaders and prospective successors. This is then applied to two Dutch case studies and, more briefly, a series of reference cases. This analysis suggests key factors shaping the success and failure of political succession management in parties: the anointed successor’s `rooting’ in the party and/or his perceived vote-getting potential; the maintenance of cooperation and trust between incumbent and heir apparent in an environment containing many forces driving them apart; and propitious timing of the public announcement of the succession arrangement.
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- Bynander, Fredrik, 1970-, et al.
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The Politics of Party Leader Survival and Succession : Australia in Comparative Perspective
- 2007
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In: Australian Journal of Political Science. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1036-1146 .- 1363-030X. ; 42:1, s. 47-72
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The processes of replacement of party leaders are well-published events in media outlets across the world's democracies, but are scarcely analysed by political scientists. In this article we examine the extent to which incumbent party leaders are able to control their own fate in the face of various types of challenges that herald a possible end to their rule. It discusses three related research questions derived from this main objective: (1) what makes incumbents quit? (2) How do incumbents respond to various types of triggers heralding a possible end to their rule? (3) To what extent does incumbent behaviour prior to and following succession affect the fortunes of their successors and their party? We draw on a four-country-eight-party data set of leadership successions between 1945 and 2005, and on findings of in-depth studies of Australian cases to show that not only do Australian leaders get challenged and replaced more frequently than do other leaders, but they are also forced to combat more internal rivalry than their counterparts elsewhere.
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- Bynander, Fredrik, 1970-, et al.
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When Power Changes Hands : The Political Psychology of Leadership Succession in Democracies
- 2006
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In: Political Psychology. - : Wiley. - 0162-895X .- 1467-9221. ; 27:5, s. 707-730
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Leadership succession in democratic governments and political parties is an ubiquitous but relatively understudied phenomen, where the political becomes intensely personal and vice versa. This article outlines the puzzles that leadership succession poses to political analysts, reviews the literature, and offers a conceptual framework deconstructing the process in terms of a flow from succession contexts and triggers via the role choices of key participants (incumbents and aspiring successors) through to the eventual succession outcomes. It concludes by presenting a series of testable hypotheses to describe and explain leadership successions.
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