 Not one crisis, but many. The “crisis cube” and the politics of governing crisesStefania Profeti and Federico Toth Policy and Society, 2026, vol. 45, issue 1, 33-45 Abstract: This article examines the relationship between different types of crises and the political strategies employed to govern them. Drawing on crisis management literature, it introduces a novel heuristic typology—the “crisis cube”—grounded in three analytical dimensions: time, space, and intentionality. Although often treated as objective characteristics, these dimensions are politically constructed and strategically interpreted by crisis leaders. Through a structured analysis of empirical cases drawn from the literature, the article explores how varying framings of similar crisis scenarios can produce distinct modes of politically governing crises. It attempts to highlight that the interaction between the intrinsic features of a crisis and their political interpretation significantly shapes crisis governance trajectories. In doing so, the article contributes to bridging the gap between analytical classifications of crises and the politics of crisis response. Keywords: Crisis management; Types of crises; Politics of governing crises; Public crises (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:polsoc:v:45:y:2026:i:1:p:33-45. Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Policy and Society is currently edited by Daniel Béland, Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh More articles in Policy and Society from Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. |
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