Sweden’s Capacity to Prepare and Respond to a Terrorist Attack on Rail-Bound Traffic – Promising Practices and Obstacles to Inter-Organizational Collaboration

Abstract

This article takes an interest in evolving collaborative practices in crises caused by terrorism targeting rail-bound traffic. Sweden provides the empirical focus, by examining current preparedness processes, this article offers an important perspective on inter-organizational collaboration; that is, the perspective of the involved actors themselves. This study relies on 20 interviews with key actors in the response system and rail bound traffic actors.This article combines insights from the literature on governance with the research on disasters and crises. Promising practices and obstacles to inter-organizational collaboration are identified and analyzed.