European states and international organizations have established multiple policies and mechanisms to deal with various risks, crises and disasters. This edited volume examines the emerging multi-level policy space of European civil security governance, identifying patterns and reviewing the opportunities and obstacles for cooperation.

Autorentext
Arjen Boin, Leiden University, Netherlands Vera-Karin Brazova, Charles University, Czech Republic Edward Deverell, Swedish National Defence College, Sweden Han Dorussen, University of Essex, UK Magnus Ekengren, Swedish National Defence College, Sweden Evangelos Fanoulis, University of Essex, UK Michel Herzog, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, Switzerland Simon Hollis, Swedish National Defence College, UK Emil Kirchner, University of Essex, UK Sanneke Kuipers, Leiden University, Netherlands Piotr Matczak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Daniel Petz, independent consultant on disaster risk management and human rights issues Iwona Pinskwar, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Tim Prior, Center for Security Studies (CSS), Switzerland Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden Florian Roth, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, Switzerland Vi nja Samard ija, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Croatia

Inhalt

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<B