ABSTRACT
What happens with coordination and cooperation activities during crises that evolve outside traditional security sectors? What are the effects on crisis coordination when the response calls on agencies unfamiliar with the procedures of crisis response networks? This chapter elucidates facilitating and hampering factors of crisis coordination and cooperation, by delving into the Swedish response to the acute “cathartic” phase of the 2015 migrant crisis. We depart from the open question: How did interaction play out among stakeholders in the case of the 2015 migrant crisis? The case narrows in on three within-case observations that all display coordination challenges among authorities: the quest for finding housing for newcomers, the reception of unaccompanied minors, and the quest to gain control of the borders. The study relies on case study techniques, triangulating above all media and official reports. The empirical investigation informs practice and theory on the subject of organizing cross-sectoral crisis response, and more specifically the findings tie into three themes that recur in this volume: overlapping networks, network adaptiveness, and ownership and leadership.
