Return of Trust?

Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvThrostur Olaf Sigurjonsson,David L. Schwarzkopf,Murray Bryant,Denmark) Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf (Reykjavik University, Iceland and Copenhagen Business School,Iceland) Schwarzkopf, David L. (Bentley University, USA and Reykjavik University,Canada) Bryant, Murray (Reykjavik University, Iceland and Western University,Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson

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Trust is the fundamental facilitator between actors in society, yet the past decade has seen the public openly question through demonstrations and elections whether business and political institutions deserve the trust society has placed in them—or whether the common person has been abandoned in favour of organisations and systems that are ‘too big to fail’. The tenth anniversary of the crisis that shook financial markets in the early years of this century provides a chance to reflect on institutions’ efforts to regain the trust lost in that debacle. It is particularly instructive to examine the steps that financial and governmental institutions have taken in one of the hardest-hit economies, Iceland. Those who witnessed the crisis and its aftermath know the wrenching effects it had on society, underscored by scepticism toward political and economic institutions.As the crisis spread almost worldwide, so too did the public’s disenchantment. Since Iceland was one of the first societies affected, it has had the most time to work on and chart its recovery. This collection addresses the broad theme of how institutions in the small, close-knit Icelandic society have gone about trying to recapture other institutions’ and the public’s trust. Insights from these studies expand our understanding of how institutions try to rebuild their relationships with communities in the face of political and economic change in fractured Western societies.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-08-06
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781787433489

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Foreword; Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of the Republic of Iceland Introduction; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson, David Schwarzkopf and Murray Bryant Part I. The situationChapter 1. Restoring confidence in the aftermath of Iceland’s financial crisis; Gylfi Zoega Chapter 2. Discursive control using emotion and economics during a financial crisis; David Schwarzkopf and Throstur Olaf SigurjonssonChapter 3. Public trust in institutions in pre- and post-crisis Iceland (I): Take the lift down, but use the stairs up; Guðrún Johnsen and Sigurbjörg SigurgeirsdóttirChapter 4. Trust: Some questions from a layperson; Einar Már GuðmundssonPart II. ResponsesChapter 5. ‘Not just crying about the money’: Iceland and globalisation during boom and crisis; Kristín Loftsdóttir and Már Wolfgang MixaChapter 6. Restoring trust in Iceland: Iceland’s IMF programme; Friðrik Mar Baldursson and Richard PortesChapter 7. A question of trust: The story of Reykjavík Energy; Guðrún Erla JónsdóttirChapter 8. Public trust in institutions in pre- and post-crisis Iceland (II): Institutionalised mistrust; Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdóttir and Guðrún Johnsen Part III. Moving forward Chapter 9. Have Icelanders learned their lesson? The investigation of the Icelandic collapse and its aftermath; Vilhjálmur Árnason Chapter 10. Trust and financial services: The impact of increasing digitalisation and the financial crisis; Andreas Oehler and Stefan Wendt Chapter 11. Post-crisis regulation and supervision of Icelandic banks; Jón Thór SturlusonChapter 12. Restoring trust through improved corporate governance and adherence to gender quotas; Auður Arna Arnardóttir and Throstur Olaf SigurjonssonChapter 13. Governance mechanisms post-crisis; Murray Bryant, Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson and Már Wolfgang Mixa About the Authors

While Reykjavik was booming in the fall of 2007-Hummers, SUVs, packed coffeehouses, burgeoning restaurants, ad nauseum-12 months later revealed a terrible transformation: no credit at the grocery store, unstable currencies, plummeting savings. Three co-editors-Icelander, Canadian, and American-know whereof they speak, having experienced both crash and aftermath. In addition, they watched friends, colleagues, students, and other citizens share their anger, frustration, distrust, disbelief, doubt, personal isolation, and loss of national identity. Their contributors to this volume are not only some of the storytellers but were active participants in Iceland recover from a nearly complete financial collapse. While the small nation has been called an economic phoenix, the questions revolve around trust? Many contributors agree: trust remains elusive and even once restored, it is neither stable nor universal and so building trust is always a work in progress.

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