Civil protection cooperation in the European Union: how trust and administrative culture matter for crisis management

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: The Road to a Europe That Protects: Civil Protection, Trust, and the Culture of Public Administration in the EU -- EU Cooperation: The Historical Context and Current Challenges -- Joint Civil Protection and Crisis Management in the EU: Preconditions and Focal Points -- The Evolution and Institutional Setup of Civil-Protection Cooperation in the EU -- The Importance of Social Capital and Administrative Culture: Software Requirements for Effective Crisis Management -- Effective Public Administration and Software Factors: Broadening the Scope -- Rule-Governed Administration -- The Age of New Public Management -- Software Factors in Crisis Management and Civil Protection: Uncharted Territories -- Expected Congruencies, Frictions, and Interactions -- The Study -- Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Investigating Cooperation Within the EU on Civil Protection and Crisis Management -- Civil Protection and Civilian Crisis Management -- The Civil-Protection Organizations Examined in This Study: Selection and Characteristics -- The Research Design -- The Interviews and the Survey: Questions and Respondents -- Strengths and Weaknesses of This Study -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Unifying and Dividing Traits in Civil-Protection and Crisis-Management Institutions in the EU -- Patterns Relating to Social Capital, Administrative Culture, and Perspectives on the EU: The Interviews -- General Views on Civil Protection and Civil-Protection Cooperation -- Administrative Culture and Organizational Structure: The Importance of Trust and Hierarchy -- Likeminded Countries -- What Countries Valued About the EU -- Shortcomings and Problems -- Patterns Relating to Social Capital and Administrative Culture: The Survey.