For safety’s sake: the strategies of institutional entrepreneurs and bureaucratic reforms in Swedish crisis management, 2001–2009Footnote^*

^*The title alludes to Government Bill 2007/08:92 Enhanced emergency preparedness – for safety’s sake, which created the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).

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