European Civil Security Governance: Diversity and Cooperation in Crisis and Disaster Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: European Civil Security Governance — Towards a New Comprehensive Policy Space?....Pages 1-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Cooperation under Diversity? Exploring Cultural and Institutional Diversity in European Civil Security Governance....Pages 27-49
Civil Security Governance Systems in the New EU Member States: Closer to ‘Old Europe’ or a Distinctive Path?....Pages 50-72
Common Challenge — Different Response? The Case of H1N1 Influenza....Pages 73-93
Regional Organizations and Disaster Risk Management: Europe’s Place in the Global Picture....Pages 94-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Preventing Disasters in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Translating Global Visions into Local Practices....Pages 117-137
Transformations in European Natural Hazard Management: There and Back Again....Pages 138-159
Systems for Post-Crisis Learning: A Systemic Gap in Civil Security Governance?....Pages 160-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Exploring the EU’s Role as Transboundary Crisis Manager: The Facilitation of Sense-Making during the Ash Crisis....Pages 191-210
The EU as a Regulator of Civil Security across Europe....Pages 211-232
What Can EU Civil Security Governance Learn from the Common Security and Defence Policy and the European Defence Agency?....Pages 233-255
Who Cares? The Relevance of EU Crisis Cooperation for EU Scholars....Pages 256-277
Conclusion: European Civil Security Governance between Consolidation and Contestation....Pages 278-291
Back Matter....Pages 292-300