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Critical infrastructures and the tragedy of the commons dilemma : Implications from institutional restructuring on reliability and safety
- Source :
- Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management; 27(4), pp 282-292 (2019); ISSN: 0966-0879
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Through the influence of neoliberal ideas, many critical infrastructures that used to be under public ownership have been opened up for market competition. Using the Swedish railway system as a case, this paper empirically explores whether such reforms have given rise to common-pool resource problems, and discusses possible implications. The results show that institutional restructuring has created challenges related to balancing the use of the infrastructure with a sufficient level of maintenance. The paper concludes that the main value of analysing critical infrastructures from the perspective of common-pool resources is the possibility of juxtaposing the way organizational and institutional interactions across scales generate both short-term gains and long-term negative side effects influencing reliability and safety.
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Journal :
- Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management; 27(4), pp 282-292 (2019); ISSN: 0966-0879
- Notes :
- Cedergren, Alexander, Lidell, Kristina, Lidell, Kristoffer
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1127648473
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource