1st Edition

Nordic Societal Security Convergence and Divergence

Edited By Sebastian Larsson, Mark Rhinard Copyright 2021
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

This book compares and contrasts publicly espoused security concepts in the Nordic region, and explores the notion of societal security. Outside observers often assume that Nordic countries take similar approaches to the security and safety of their citizens. This book challenges that assumption and traces the evolution of ‘societal security’, and its broadly equivalent concepts, in Sweden,... Read more

PART I: Introduction

1. Introduction: Comparing and Conceptualising Nordic Societal Security

Sebastian Larsson and Mark Rhinard

2. Societal Security in Theory and Practice

Mark Rhinard

PART II: Nordic Cases

3. Swedish Total Defence and the Emergence of Societal Security

Sebastian Larsson

4. The Emergence and Development of Sammfunnssikkerhet in Norway

Claudia Morsut

5. Tracing the Finnish Comprehensive Security Model

Vesa Valtonen and Minna Branders

6. Conceptual and Practical Changes to Security in Denmark: Expect the Unexpected, Decide the Undecidable

Tobias Liebetrau

PART III: Issues and Processes

7. Designing Resilience for Security in the Nordic Region: Implications for Strategy

Trine Villumsen Berling and Karen Lund Petersen

8. From ‘Spiritual Defence’ to Robust Resilience in the Finnish Comprehensive Security Model

Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen and Tapio Juntunen

9. Countering Radicalisation in Norwegian Terrorism Policy: A Welfare State Approach to Societal Security

Sissel Haugdal Jore

10. Threats, Risks, and the (Re)turn to Territorial Security Policies in Sweden

Jonatan Stiglund

PART IV: Conclusions

11. Conclusion: Convergence and Divergence in Nordic Societal Securities

Sebastian Larsson and Mark Rhinard

12. Epilogue: Security Without Society?

J. Peter Burgess

Biography

Sebastian Larsson is a Researcher and Teaching Fellow in International Relations at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Mark Rhinard is Professor of International Relations at Stockholm University and Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.