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

Natural disasters, industrial or large-scale transport accidents, health threats or the response to terrorist attacks have risen to feature prominently on the agenda of European security policy-makers and practitioners over the last decade. States and international organizations, most notably the European Union, have established a plethora of policies and mechanisms to deal with these risks and crises. This edited volume is the first publication to examine the resulting cross-cutting, multi-level policy space of European civil security governance in its different manifestations and consequences. Thus, this study identifies patterns of diversity and commonality between European states and international organizations, elucidates the process of transformation and reviews the opportunities for transnational cooperation in the hybrid area of civil security that still often escapes wider public attention. European Civil Security Governance will be of interest to researchers and students of crisis and disaster management, EU integration, international organizations and security governance.

Raphael Bossong is a lecturer at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany, and a researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, Hamburg. His research focuses on the intersection between EU crisis management, internal and external security policy and public administration.

Hendrik Hegemann is a researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He specializes in counterterrorism, security governance, International Relations theory and critical security studies.

1. European Civil Security Governance: Towards a New Comprehensive Policy-Space? (Introduction); Raphael Bossong and Hendrik Hegemann
PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF DIVERSITY
2. Cooperation under Diversity? Exploring Cultural and Institutional Diversity in European Civil Security Governance; Raphael Bossong and Hendrik Hegemann
3. Civil Security Governance Systems in the New EU Member States: Closer to 'Old Europe' or a Distinctive Path?; Piotr Matczak, Vera-Karin Brazova, Visnja Samardzija and Ivona Pinskwar
4. Common Challenge - Different Response? The Case of H1N1 Influenza; Vera-Karin Brazova and Piotr Matczak
5. Regional Organizations and Disaster Risk Management: Europe's Place in the Global Picture; Daniel Petz
PART II: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSFORMATION
6. Preventing Disasters in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Translating Global Visions into Local Practices; Simon Hollis
7. Transformations in European Natural Hazards Risk Management: There and Back Again; Timothy Prior, Michel Herzog and Florian Roth
8. Systems for Post-Crisis Learning: A Systemic Gap in European Civil Security Governance?; Edward Deverell
PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF COOPERATION AND THE ROLE OF THE EU
9. Exploring the EU's Role as Transboundary Crisis Manager: The Facilitation of Sense-Making During the Ash Crisis; Arjen Boin and Sanneke Kuipers
10. The EU as a Regulator of Civil Security across Europe; Han Dorussen, Evangelos Fanoulis and Emil Kirchner
11. What Can EU Civil Security Governance Learn from the Common Security and Defence Policy and the European Defence Agency?; Magnus Ekengren
12. Who Cares? The Relevance of EU Crisis Cooperation for EU Scholars; Mark Rhinard
13. Conclusion: European Civil Security Governance between Consolidation and Contestation; Raphael Bossong and Hendrik Hegemann