New article on the effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states

This article utilizes survey data from civil protection agencies in 17 EU member states to shed light on the factors that promote national and EU-level effectiveness in civil protection and crisis management. The study found both the extent to which a national civil protection agency is organized hierarchically and adheres to a rule governed structure and the extent to which the agency scores highly with regards to a trust-based, professional culture are significantly related to the degree to which civil protection practitioners will value national and EU-level civil protection institutions. 

Charles F. Parker, Thomas Persson & Sten Widmalm (2018): The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2018.1523219