One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU

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Autor(a) principal: Hupkens, Jan
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Neuhold, Christine, Vanhoonacker, Sophie
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i4.7349
Resumo: Against the background of more than a decade of crises in the EU and an increasing inflationary use of the term, this article contributes to the crisis literature in two ways. First, by presenting the state of the art in broader academic research on crises and crisis management, it explores how the more recent EU literature can benefit from this earlier work. At the same time, it also pays attention to the EU specificities and the implications in terms of research, especially with regard to studying actors and perceived threats. Here the unpacking of the well-established crisis definition of Boin et al. (2013), which builds on the work of Rosenthal et al. (1989), serves as a helpful starting point. Second, the contribution argues that one crisis is not like another and that crises can take different gradations. By distinguishing between mild, severe, and existential crises, it makes a first attempt to propose the key analytical dimensions that impact the gradation of a crisis. Building on the findings in EU crisis research, it distils the dimensions of severity, symmetry, and speed as defining characteristics. Depending on the crisis, the gradation of each of these dimensions ranges along a spectrum. In other words, there are different shades of crises. By being more explicit about the gradation, scholars can identify what type of crisis is at stake (i.e., whether the crisis under study is mild, severe, or existential in nature). This in turn has implications for questions such as by whom, how, and when a crisis needs to be addressed. As a final step, the article also identifies a series of avenues for further research.
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spelling One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EUEU; crisis management; gradations of crisis; multi‐level governanceAgainst the background of more than a decade of crises in the EU and an increasing inflationary use of the term, this article contributes to the crisis literature in two ways. First, by presenting the state of the art in broader academic research on crises and crisis management, it explores how the more recent EU literature can benefit from this earlier work. At the same time, it also pays attention to the EU specificities and the implications in terms of research, especially with regard to studying actors and perceived threats. Here the unpacking of the well-established crisis definition of Boin et al. (2013), which builds on the work of Rosenthal et al. (1989), serves as a helpful starting point. Second, the contribution argues that one crisis is not like another and that crises can take different gradations. By distinguishing between mild, severe, and existential crises, it makes a first attempt to propose the key analytical dimensions that impact the gradation of a crisis. Building on the findings in EU crisis research, it distils the dimensions of severity, symmetry, and speed as defining characteristics. Depending on the crisis, the gradation of each of these dimensions ranges along a spectrum. In other words, there are different shades of crises. By being more explicit about the gradation, scholars can identify what type of crisis is at stake (i.e., whether the crisis under study is mild, severe, or existential in nature). This in turn has implications for questions such as by whom, how, and when a crisis needs to be addressed. As a final step, the article also identifies a series of avenues for further research.Cogitatio Press2023-12-29info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i4.7349https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i4.7349Politics and Governance; Vol 11, No 4 (2023): Governing the EU Polycrisis: Institutional Change After the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine; 252-2622183-246310.17645/pag.i374reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/7349https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/7349/3528Copyright (c) 2023 Jan Hupkens, Christine Neuhold, Sophie Vanhoonackerinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHupkens, JanNeuhold, ChristineVanhoonacker, Sophie2024-01-11T15:50:36Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/7349Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:30:02.464251Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
spellingShingle One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
Hupkens, Jan
EU; crisis management; gradations of crisis; multi‐level governance
title_short One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
title_full One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
title_fullStr One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
title_full_unstemmed One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
title_sort One Crisis Is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU
author Hupkens, Jan
author_facet Hupkens, Jan
Neuhold, Christine
Vanhoonacker, Sophie
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Vanhoonacker, Sophie
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Hupkens, Jan
Neuhold, Christine
Vanhoonacker, Sophie
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv EU; crisis management; gradations of crisis; multi‐level governance
topic EU; crisis management; gradations of crisis; multi‐level governance
description Against the background of more than a decade of crises in the EU and an increasing inflationary use of the term, this article contributes to the crisis literature in two ways. First, by presenting the state of the art in broader academic research on crises and crisis management, it explores how the more recent EU literature can benefit from this earlier work. At the same time, it also pays attention to the EU specificities and the implications in terms of research, especially with regard to studying actors and perceived threats. Here the unpacking of the well-established crisis definition of Boin et al. (2013), which builds on the work of Rosenthal et al. (1989), serves as a helpful starting point. Second, the contribution argues that one crisis is not like another and that crises can take different gradations. By distinguishing between mild, severe, and existential crises, it makes a first attempt to propose the key analytical dimensions that impact the gradation of a crisis. Building on the findings in EU crisis research, it distils the dimensions of severity, symmetry, and speed as defining characteristics. Depending on the crisis, the gradation of each of these dimensions ranges along a spectrum. In other words, there are different shades of crises. By being more explicit about the gradation, scholars can identify what type of crisis is at stake (i.e., whether the crisis under study is mild, severe, or existential in nature). This in turn has implications for questions such as by whom, how, and when a crisis needs to be addressed. As a final step, the article also identifies a series of avenues for further research.
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