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The New World of Crises and Crisis Management

Implications for Policymaking and Research

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ID4075280
AuthorsArjen Boin (0000-0002-0923-1484, Louisiana State University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume26
Issue4
Pages367-377
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2009.00389.x
OpenAlexW2025433727
LanguageEN
Citations received84
References cited32

In recent years, we have witnessed a series of spectacular crises and disasters: 9/11, Madrid and London, the Asian tsunami, the Mumbai attacks, the implosion of the financial system-the world of crises and disasters seems to be changing. This special issue explores how these crises and disasters are changing and what governments can do to prepare. This opening article defines critical concepts, sketches a theoretical perspective, offers key research findings, and introduces the contributions to the special issue

Computer security · Crisis management · Economics · Economy · Financial crisis · Implosion · Keynesian economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Public Policy and Administration Research

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    Open Access•Ramiro Berardo, V Kelly Turner et al.•Conservation Ecology•2019

  • Indirect Governance of Transnational Crises

    Laura Zamudio González•Global Governance A Review of…•2021

  • Policy overreaction styles during manufactured crises

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    Open Access•Laura Mastroianni, Stefania Profeti•Policy Studies Journal•2025

  • Liderazgo político para un mundo nuevo

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  • Europe’s union in crisis

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  • Real Estate and Sustainable Crisis Management in Urban Environments

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  • Security in Crisis

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  • Civil Service Reforms, Public Service Bargains and Dynamics of Institutional Change

    Open Access•Philippe Bezes, Martin Lodge•Comparative Civil Service Systems…•2015

  • Zur Räumlichkeit von Krisen

    Open Access•Verena Brinks, Oliver Ibert•Handbuch Krisenforschung•2020

  • Policy Theories in Hard Times? Assessing the Explanatory Power of Policy Theories in the Context of Crisis

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  • Inflation of crisis coverage? Tracking and explaining the changes in crisis labeling and crisis news wave salience 1785–2020

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  • Alignment and asymmetry

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  • Politico-administrative Configurations in Local Crisis Management

    Open Access•Nicolai De Wulf, Joris Voets•Policy and Society•2025

  • Dislocation

    Open Access•Nadine Klopf, Darrell Nabers et al.•Global Studies Quarterly•2024

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  • A contingent value of bricolage strategy on SMEs’ organizational resilience

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  • Covid-19

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  • US Political Leadership and Crisis Communication During Covid-19

    Open Access•Daryl V Watkins, Aaron D Clevenger et al.•Cogent Social Sciences•2021

  • Usage of sorbents for diminishing the negative impact of substances leaking into the environment in car accidents

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  • Enhancing equity of the post-disaster recovery governance through community data generation

    Open Access•Edna Margarita Rodríguez Gaviria, Luis Alejandro Rivera Flórez et al.•International Journal of Disaster…•2024

  • A maturity model to guide inter-organisational crisis management and response exercises

    Open Access•Björn Johansson, Pär Eriksson•International Journal of Disaster…•2024

  • The role of good governance to tackle gender inequalities within natural hazard-related disasters

    Open Access•Giulia Favetti, Carlo Vermiglio et al.•International Journal of Disaster…•2025

  • Situation Awareness in multi-agency emergency response

    Open Access•Alison O’brien, Alison O'Brien et al.•International Journal of Disaster…•2020

  • Disaster risk reduction is not ‘everyone's business’

    Open Access•Aaron Clark‐ginsberg, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg•International Journal of Disaster…•2020

  • Crisis lifecycle, policy response, and policy effectiveness

    Shiming Zheng, Hongxia Li et al.•Public Management Review•2023

  • Manager characteristics and early innovation adoption during crises

    Tilde Marie Bertelsen, Andrej Christian Lindholst et al.•Public Management Review•2023

  • Core-periphery structure and power imbalance in disaster management networks

    Minyoung Ku, Min Su Kim et al.•Public Management Review•2024

  • Covid-19 impact on social work admissions and education in seven international universities

    Paula McFadden, Erica Ru et al.•Social Work Education•2020

  • Florida as a Covid-19 Epicenter

    Kaila Witkowski, Jungwon Yeo et al.•International Journal of Public…•2023

  • The early weeks of the Italian Covid-19 outbreak

    Open Access•Sabina De Rosi, Milena Lopreite et al.•Health Policy•2021

  • Crisis-driven innovation and fundamental human needs

    Open Access•Johannes Dahlke, Kristina Bogner et al.•Technological Forecasting and…•2021

  • The Disconnection of Advocacy and Analysis in Public Administration

    Open Access•Gerry Stoker, Brenton Prosser et al.•Public Administration•2026

  • Informal Disaster Governance

    Open Access•Patrizia I Duda, I Kelman et al.•Politics and Governance•2020

  • Making Communication Strategy Choices in a Fast Evolving Crisis Situation—Results from a Table-Top Discussion on an Anthrax Scenario

    Open Access•Aino Ruggiero•Social Sciences•2016

  • The Framework of Crisis‐Induced Agenda Setting in China

    Open Access•Yi‐hong Liu, Rami Hin‐yeung Chan•Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies•2018

  • Building E uropean U nion capacity to manage transboundary crises

    Open Access•Arjen Boin, Madalina Busuioc et al.•Regulation & Governance•2013

  • Trust and Brand Recovery Campaigns in Crisis

    Jesper Falkheimer, Mats Heide•International Journal of…•2015

  • International organisations and crisis management

    Open Access•Eva-Karin Olsson, Eva‐karin Olsson et al.•Journal of International…•2016

  • State or Civil Society – What Matters in Fighting Covid-19? A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore

    Open Access•Wilson Wong, Alfred M Wu•Journal of Comparative Policy…•2021

  • Communicating risk in disaster risk management systems – experimental evidence of the perceived usefulness of risk descriptions

    Lexin Lin, Claudia Rivera et al.•Journal of Risk Research•2016

  • How to evaluate the governance of transboundary problems? Assessing a national counterterrorism strategy

    Open Access•M Noordegraaf, Stuart Douglas et al.•Evaluation•2017

  • Making sense of the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic response

    David P Carter, Peter J May et al.•Administrative Theory & Praxis•2020

  • A lesson to learn? A study of how various ranks and police leaders understand and relate to experience-based learning

    Linda Hoel, Bjorn Barland•Policing & Society•2020

  • Whole of Government

    Open Access•George Carayannopoulos•Australian Journal of Public…•2016

  • Risk Communication for the Future

    Open Access•Mathilde Bourrier, Corinne Bieder•Risk Communication for the Future•2018

  • Cascading social risks

    Open Access•Mingyu Wu, Xuesong Guo et al.•Utilities Policy•2025

  • Counterfactual Conditionals as Arguments in Public Debates

    Open Access•Mateusz Klinowski, Bartosz Lisowski et al.•International Journal for the…•2025

  • Living and working in the (post-pandemic) city

    Open Access•Constance Uyttebrouck, Pascal De Decker et al.•Housing Studies•2023

  • Political leadership in transboundary crises, responsibility attributions, and the role of the media

    Elisabeth Wagner-Olfermann•Annals of the International…•2022

  • Covid-19

    Open Access•Klaus H Goetz, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen•West European Politics•2021

  • The Downward Spiral of Legitimacy Erosion

    Open Access•Iris Seidemann, Kristina S Weißmüller et al.•Public Administration Review•2025

  • Uncertainty, risk and the use of algorithms in policy decisions

    Open Access•Kathrin Hartmann, Georg Wenzelburger•Policy Sciences•2021

  • Local adaptation policy responses to extreme weather events

    Open Access•Leanne S Giordono, Hilary Boudet et al.•Policy Sciences•2020

  • Covid-19 and the policy sciences

    Open Access•Christopher M Weible, Daniel Nohrstedt et al.•Policy Sciences•2020

  • Tracing divergence in crisis governance

    Open Access•Sabine Kuhlmann, Mikael Hellstrom et al.•International Review of…•2021

  • Government performance and citizen trust before and after the Great Recession

    Open Access•Yunsoo Lee•International Journal of…•2024

  • Campaign-style crisis regime

    Changkun Cai, Weiqi Jiang et al.•Policy Studies•2022

  • Strategic Styles and Organizational Capability in Crisis Response in Local Government

    Open Access•Chun-yuan Wang, Ming-Feng Kuo•Administration & Society•2017

  • Crisis Management

    Open Access•Tom Christensen, Anne Lise Fimreite et al.•Administration & Society•2011

  • Intergovernmental veto points in crisis management

    Open Access•Salvador Parrado, Davide Galli•International Review of…•2021

  • Framing conditionality in times of crisis

    Seda Gürkan, Ece Özlem Atikcan et al.•European Politics and Society•2026

  • Towards a temporal theory of refugee crisis response

    Open Access•Eric Martins, Éric Martin•Disasters•2025

  • Oarsmen or Guardians? Exploring the Influence of Attitudes Toward Government Interventions on Perceptions of Government's Trustworthiness

    Open Access•Song Lang, Qi Bian et al.•Journal of Contingencies and…•2026

  • Crisis Accountability

    Open Access•Annika Brändström•Scandinavian Political Studies•2015

  • Contemporary Policy Challenges in Protecting the Homeland

    Open Access•Warren S Eller, Adam Scott Wandt•Policy Studies Journal•2020

  • Beyond Metaphors

    Open Access•Barry Pump•Policy Studies Journal•2011

  • Crisis management in cities

    Nicolai De Wulf, Joris Voets•Local Government Studies•2025

  • Into an Age of Multiple Austerities? Public Management and Public Service Bargains across OECD Countries

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  • Understanding the policy dynamics of Covid-19 in the UK

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  • Focusing Events and Changes in Ecologies of Policy Games

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  • Governing after crisis

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  • Catastrophe

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  • Emerging Risks in the 21st Century

    OECD OECD•Emerging Risks In The 21st…•2003

  • The Resilient City

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  • Governing after Crisis

    Open Access•Thomas Preston, José A Olmeda et al.•Governing after Crisis•2008

  • Lessons of Disaster

    Thomas A Birkland, Tom Birkland•Lessons of Disaster•2006

  • Disasters Past and Present

    Antonio Missiroli•Journal of European Integration•2006

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  • Assessing Nasa’s Safety Culture

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  • No End to War

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Citations per year4,94
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
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