The European Union as crisis manager patterns and prospects /
Arjen Boin, Utrecht University and Louisiana State University, Magnus EKengren, Swedish National Defence College, Mark Rhinard, Swedish Institute of International Affairs and Stockholm University.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The European Union is increasingly being asked to manage crises inside and outside the Union. From terrorist attacks to financial crises, and natural disasters to international conflicts, many crises today generate pressures to collaborate across geographical and functional boundaries. What capacities does the EU have to manage such crises? Why and how have these capacities evolved? How do they work and are they effective? This book offers a holistic perspective on EU crisis management. It defines the crisis concept broadly and examines EU capacities across policy sectors, institutions and agencies. The authors describe the full range of EU crisis management capacities that can be used for internal and external crises. Using an institutionalisation perspective, they explain how these different capacities evolved and have become institutionalized. This highly accessible volume illuminates a rarely examined and increasingly important area of European cooperation"--
9781461936695
Emergency management--European Union countries. Crisis management--European Union countries.