Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context

This article explores the local security governance in the city of Bergen, and it thus highlights what characterizes security governance within a Norwegian context. The burgeoning policing literature suggests that we live in a pluralized and networked society – ideas of cooperation have thus been pe...

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Main Author: Martin Nøkleberg
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) 2016-01-01
Series:Nordisk Politiforskning
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Online Access:https://www.idunn.no/nordisk_politiforskning/2016/01/security_governance_an_empirical_analysis_of_the_norwegia
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description This article explores the local security governance in the city of Bergen, and it thus highlights what characterizes security governance within a Norwegian context. The burgeoning policing literature suggests that we live in a pluralized and networked society – ideas of cooperation have thus been perceived as important features for the effectiveness in security governance. Cooperative relations between public and private actors are the main focus of this article and such arrangements are empirically explored in the city of Bergen. These relations are explored on the basis of the theoretical framework state anchored pluralism and nodal governance. The key finding is that there seems to be an unfulfilled potential in the security governance in Bergen. The public police have difficulties with cooperating with and exploiting the potential possessed by the private security industry. It is suggested that these difficulties are related to a mentality problem within the police institution, derived from nodal governance, that is, the police are influenced by a punishment mentality and view themselves as the only possible actor which can and should maintain the security.
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Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
Nordisk Politiforskning
security governance
pluralization
cooperation and partnership
public police
private security
Norway
title Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
title_full Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
title_fullStr Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
title_full_unstemmed Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
title_short Security Governance – An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian Context
title_sort security governance an empirical analysis of the norwegian context
topic security governance
pluralization
cooperation and partnership
public police
private security
Norway
url https://www.idunn.no/nordisk_politiforskning/2016/01/security_governance_an_empirical_analysis_of_the_norwegia
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